Drummond calls for Instagram to strengthen location privacy protection
- Office of the Attorney General
- Aug 19
- 1 min read
OKLAHOMA CITY (Aug. 19, 2025) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging Instagram to make immediate changes to its newly implemented location-sharing feature to provide extra protections for children and other vulnerable users.
In a letter last week to Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri, Drummond and a coalition of 36 other state attorneys general outlined serious public safety and data privacy concerns regarding the change, which allows users’ precise locations to be displayed on a map. The feature heightens dangers for children, survivors of domestic violence and others because it can be exploited by predators, stalkers and other malicious actors.
“The dangers of the new location sharing feature can be prevented with a few commonsense but important measures,” Drummond said. “User safety must be the highest priority for Meta and Instagram.”
The letter calls on Instagram to:
Ensure that minors cannot enable location-sharing features;
Send a clear alert to all adult users explaining the feature, outlining its risks and providing full disclosure of how Instagram will use their location data; and
For adults who choose to opt in, provide a simple, easy-to-access control to disable location sharing at any time.
The coalition stressed that Meta and Instagram must prioritize user safety over product novelty, and that implementing these measures will protect user privacy while allowing informed adults to choose whether to share their location.
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