• George Floyd death: The gay dating app Grindr is going to remove

    George Floyd death: The gay dating app Grindr is going to remove "ethnicity filter" due to complaints

    The gay dating and hook-up app Grindr is going to remove its controversial “ethnicity filter” due to complaints that it enables racial discrimination. Following protests in the US after the police killing of unarmed black man George Floyd, the company has decided to remove the feature – claiming it had a “zero-tolerance policy for racism …
  • Grindr buyer reportedly has ties to Chinese owner of app

    Grindr buyer reportedly has ties to Chinese owner of app

    The investor group that’s buying Grindr has connections to the Chinese tech firm that was forced to sell the gay dating app in the first place, a new report says. Federal regulators last week approved Beijing Kunlun Tech Co.’s sale of Grindr to a company called San Vicente Acquisition LLC. The Committee on Foreign Investment …
  • Investor group allowed to buy Grindr from Chinese firm for $620M

    Investor group allowed to buy Grindr from Chinese firm for $620M

    Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech said on Friday that a US national security panel approved the $620 million sale of popular gay dating app Grindr to an investor group called San Vicente Acquisition. The panel, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), ordered Kunlun last year to divest Grindr amid concerns …