A post that went viral on Instagram made a claim about stories containing location. In the claim, it was stated that Instagram shares the exact location of iPhone users who posted stories with other followers. The giant platform denied these unfounded accusations.
Popular social media platform operating under the umbrella of Meta Instagram, usually comes up with new features it adds. However, some posts circulating on the platform have gone viral, making some interesting claims about Instagram.
A post that circulated on the platform and received thousands of comments and likes claimed that Instagram shared the exact location of its story-sharing users with other people. After this claim, which is not based on facts, caused great controversy, Instagram also had to make a statement and there is no such thing told. Let’s take a look at the details.
Instagram allegedly shares exact location with followers
An Instagram post that received hundreds of thousands of likes and comments our exact location when we share a story He shared it with people. It was also stated that this happened to iPhone users after the new iOS update.
If we give an example; allegedly, Insagram, when you add a location tag (such as Istanbul) to the story, you can share it with your followers. your exact location instead of sharing it as a general location. sharing. The post even says it’s been used by criminals to find people and get to homes and cars, taking the allegations even further.
The claim does not reflect the facts.
Although these claims are alarming, not true. Apple did not make any changes in location sharing with the update. So we can say that such a thing is not possible. Instagram also denied the accusations with a comment under the post and used the following statements:
“We do not share your location with others. We use location when you add a location tag to a post or story; but your exact location we don’t make it public. If you want to change your location settings, you can do so from the settings section of your device.”
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri After these viral allegations, he made a post on Twitter. Noting that they do not share the location with others, Mosseri said “Location Services is a setting on your device, not a new feature coming to Instagram, and is used for things like location tags.” used the phrases.
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If you want to change your location settings; your iPhone ‘Settings’ in the ‘Security’ Click on the option and select ‘Location ServicesYou can access and select the application you want from here and change your settings.