Democratic and Republican lawmakers are urging Mark Zuckerberg's Meta to shut down Instagram's new map feature, calling it a risk to child safety. The big picture: Lawmakers in both parties have stepped up pressure on social media companies over child safety,

Two U.S. senators have sent a letter to Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, urging the company to end Instagram’s new map feature.

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to shut down Instagram’s new map feature, which would put children’s safety at risk by allowing them to expose their location to dangerous individuals,