US EditionGrindr Announces Special Features to Help Athletes Hook Up in Olympic Village
Grindr disables location and distance features inside the Olympic Village to protect LGBTQ users from safety risks, providing paywalled privacy tools free during the 2026 Winter Games.
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Grindr Announces Special Features to Help Athletes Hook Up in Olympic Village
Dating app Grindr is helping to make sure Olympians safely enjoy their time at the 2026 Games away from competition, too. Grindr, which specializes in location-based dating for the LGBTQ+ community, has addressed “serious safety and privacy concerns, especially for those who are not out or come from countries where being gay is dangerous or illegal” at the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. The app has disabled its explore and roam features wit…
This precaution had already been implemented for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The location function represents "a real risk" to the safety of athletes.
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Grindr's New Safety Measures At Winter Olympics
Popular gay dating app Grindr has announced that it would implement new safeguards and restrictions in-app to protect competitors at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.The protections are meant to safeguard athletes who aren’t out or are coming from countries where LGBTQ+ activity is illegal or restricted. “Grindr shows users who’s nearby and how far away they are. In most contexts, that’s useful,” Grindr’s team writes on their blog. “In th…
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