Why did our friends start sharing their location? | BBC Global

If you had told most people 20 years ago that many of their families and friends would be able to track their exact location at any moment of the day, many of them likely would have been horrified. So why has location sharing become such a popular feature among young people, friends, and families? In this episode, Katty Kay talks with BBC Technology Columnist Thomas Germain about how location sharing turned from being a safety tool into something closer to a social test. 00:00 Location Sharing Pressure  01:12 Visibility And Trust  04:18 Why We Check Locations  06:24 What’s Next? You’re watching New Normal with Katty Kay—each week we bring you conversations with expert guests about how our world is changing and what that means for our lives.  Explore past episodes and get early access to new ones on BBC.com.  Subscribe to BBC Global: https://www.youtube.com/c/bbc_global?sub_confirmation=1 #bbc #socialmedia #relationships