Some rumors have spread in the recent period that Instagram tracks location data and shares it with followers who search for your specific location, while the app's CEO Adam Mosseri denied these claims.
The topic went viral, claiming that the "new iOS update" made Instagram able to find the location, which prompted many people to go to the Instagram app settings on their phones and disable the location feature within the app.
Instagram confirms that it respects user's privacy.
A number of posts also appeared that the latest iOS update enables Instagram to see the location data of users, as it makes users able to find your exact location through Instagram, which prompted many people to go to the settings of the Instagram application on their phones and disable location permissions for the application, and also made a number of others close their account on the application or delete it.
On Instagram's side, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri denied that the app tracks location data and shares or leaks it with followers looking for your specific location.
Mosseri added that posts about the app are not always the best place to find reliable information and verify information.
Mosseri explained that Instagram supports the features of the location tag, but the app will not share or leak them with other people, and that Instagram cannot violate policies related to users' privacy, and there is no indication that the iOS update can do so.
In case you are worried that an app is using your location, you should disable it from the app settings on all your devices and phones, and both iOS and Android also provide options for sharing approximate location, and both can record the history logs of apps that access location data.
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