Photo-messaging app Instagram is reportedly testing a feature that would allow the app to share users’ location data with Facebook.
The feature would allow Facebook to target people for advertisements and recommend them relevant content. The geo-tagged data would appear to users in their Facebook profile’s activity log.
“To confirm, we haven’t introduced updates to our location settings. As you know, we often work on ideas that may evolve over time or ultimately not be tested or released. Instagram does not currently store Location History; we’ll keep people updated with any changes to our location settings in the future,” a Facebook spokesperson informed.
Facebook has also reportedly been testing a redesign of its “Nearby Friends” feature that would replace the list view of friends’ locations with a map.
However, it is still not clear whether or not the photo-messaging platform would roll out the location history sharing feature.
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