South Dakota is part of a bipartisan coalition of 37 states urging Instagram to make immediate changes to its newly implemented location-sharing option.
Attorney General Marty Jackley says Instagram’s newly implemented feature allows the precise location of users to be displayed on a map. He says this raises public safety and data privacy concerns because bad actors could use the location feature to prey on vulnerable populations such as children and survivors of domestic violence.
In a letter to the company, the Attorneys General ask 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.
- Provide a simple, easy-to-access control for adults who opt in, so they can disable the location sharing at any time.
Along with South Dakota, other state Attorneys General signed onto the letter are from: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.
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