Starting this week in the U.S., Instagram rolled out a new map view, which you access at the top of the direct-message inbox. The map, confusingly, combines two forms of location

Instagram rolled out a new Map feature that lets users see their friends' locations in real time. Here's why privacy experts are concerned.

No, not exactly. Instagram doesn't automatically turn on location services, which means the Maps feature is not turned on by default either. When you installed the Instagram app, you were asked whether you wanted to grant it location permissions. You could choose to deny it, allow it only while using the app or allow it once.