Grindr disables location services in Olympic Village to protect LGBTQ athletes

Jo Yurcaba is a reporter for NBC Out.

Grindr rolled out a number of enhanced privacy protections within the Olympic Village in Paris to protect LGBTQ athletes using the popular gay dating app. Earlier this week, some Grindr users shared on social media that the app appeared to be blocked in the Olympic Village, because they couldn’t use the “explore” function, which allows users to search for and view profiles in a specific location.

“Our goal is to help athletes connect without worrying about unintentionally revealing their whereabouts or being recognized,” Grinder said in its Wednesday post. Among its other additional safety features, the app will allow users in the Olympic Village to send unlimited disappearing messages and to unsend messages, regardless of whether they’re a premium or free user.

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