LGBTQ dating app Grindr has limited the international visibility of users logging in from the Beijing Olympics Village. Past Olympics have seen user profiles — including those from homophobic countries — shared on social media.
LGBTQ dating app Grindr has limited the global visibility of users logging in from the Beijing Olympics Village in order to protect athletes from potential outing and harassment. The app’s “Explore” function, which lets users browse profiles from any location worldwide, has been adjusted to exclude profiles logging in from the Olympic Village, reports Bloomberg News.
'Oympians will still be able to browse nearby profiles' Commenting on the update, director of Grindr for Equality, a department within the company, Jack Harrison-Quintana, said: “We want Grindr to be a space where all queer athletes, regardless of where they’re from, feel confident connecting with one another while they’re in the Olympic Village.” Users logging in to Grindr from the Olympic Village will be told: “Your privacy is important to us.
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