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How To Limit And Turn Off Instagram’s Invasive Map Feature

How To Limit And Turn Off Instagram’s Invasive Map Feature

Instagram knows where you are, and now, so can anyone who you claim as a friend on the social media platform. On Wednesday, Instagram rolled out a Map feature to U.S. users that will share your location in real time to mutual followers. The feature is not turned on by default, but once you grant people access, Instagram Reels, posts …

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Instagram’s Map is here, and this is how you can turn your location off

Instagram’s Map is here, and this is how you can turn your location off

Responses have ranged from being mildly annoyed that Instagram is ripping off Snapchat’s Snap Maps instead of offering a default feed that only contains your friends’ posts, to high alert outrage about possibly privacy implications and doxing, as well as how domestic violence victims or others could be put at risk of stalking via the app. Meta says the feature …

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How to use Instagram Map and protect your privacy

How to use Instagram Map and protect your privacy

Following Wednesday’s launch of Instagram’s new Snap Map-like opt-in “Instagram Map” feature — which lets U.S. users share their most recent active location with others and discover location-based content — Instagram head Adam Mosseri is having to reassure people that their location is only visible to others if they decide to share it. Although Meta has made it clear that …

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Instagram Map: Why Women Are Angry About the New Feature

Instagram Map: Why Women Are Angry About the New Feature

On Thursday, Instagram rolled out a new feature called the Instagram Map. The addition to the platform, which Meta announced on Wednesday, has people concerned—and angry—about potential safety concerns. So what’s actually happening to your account, why is everyone up in arms, and can you opt out of the new addition? Here’s everything you need to know, in the latest …

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Texas’s gerrymandering fight over its midterms map is getting messier

Texas’s gerrymandering fight over its midterms map is getting messier

Democracy’s a pretty simple concept: Voters vote for a politician, the politician with the most votes wins, and that politician then represents voters as an elected official. That’s the idea anyway, right? But what if — just what if — instead of voters picking politicians, politicians instead could choose their own voters? And basically guarantee their own outcomes? That’s what’s …

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Vance to urge Indiana to redraw map to help Republicans tighten House grip | Republicans

Vance to urge Indiana to redraw map to help Republicans tighten House grip | Republicans

JD Vance will travel to Indiana on Thursday to encourage Republican lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional map to be more favorable to the GOP, the latest in a brazenly nationwide push to reconfigure district lines ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Republicans already control seven of Indiana’s nine congressional seats, but Republicans have complete control of state government, which …

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Fortnite Map Changes In Chapter 6 Season 4: Shock ‘N Awesome

Fortnite Map Changes In Chapter 6 Season 4: Shock ‘N Awesome

Other map changes in Season 4: Shock ‘N Awesome The Season 4 island is infested with bugs, and they’ve added goopy nests and egg sacs everywhere. You’ll also want to watch out for three bug types: Swarmers, Bombers, and Queens. Just like the name suggests, the Swarmers come at you as an entire swarm of little bugs. You’ll want to …

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What Is Gerrymandering? Texas Republicans Draw New Map to Help Trump

What Is Gerrymandering? Texas Republicans Draw New Map to Help Trump

Donald Trump and Republicans are nervous about the 2026 midterms. The president’s polling numbers are very bad (despite what he claims), and it doesn’t seem like Americans are thrilled with his lackeys in Congress who have supported the administration’s assault on Medicaid and other social services, his hardline immigration crackdown, or his chaotic approach to the economy. Democrats only need …

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Instagram takes on Snapchat with new ‘Instagram Map’

Instagram takes on Snapchat with new ‘Instagram Map’

Instagram is rolling out Instagram Map, a new feature that lets users share their most recent active location with others and discover location-based content. The Meta-owned social network is also launching reposts, and making its “Friends” tab in Reels available globally. With its new map feature, Instagram is copying yet another popular feature from Snapchat, after cloning the app’s core …

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