Grindr to remove ‘ethnicity filter’ in solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement

Grindr to remove 'ethnicity filter' in solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement

“We will continue to fight racism in Grindr through a policy of zero tolerance against racism and hate speech on our platform and on our platform,” said Gay partner and hookup practice Monday.

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“As part of this commitment and based on your feedback, we have decided to remove the ethnicity filter from our next release.”

Describing itself as “the world’s largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans and queer people”, Grindr has been under fire because it previously allowed users to filter ethnic-based matches as part of the paid “Xtra” service.

Currently, technology users can filter potential partners by height, weight, age and ethnicity, but it’s not the only dating app that offers these filters.

Company representatives previously argued ethnicity filter, arguing that this feature is used by members of minority groups seeking others of the same race.
critics discuss It promoted discrimination in Grindr’s filter. Research from Cornell University found companionship applications that allow users to filter their searches by race or based on algorithms that match people of the same race Australian survey Most gay and bisexual men found the participant “extremely tolerant” to online sexual racism.

On Monday, Grindr was motivated by the solidarity with the protesters in the United States to change the policy.

“We stand in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement and hundreds of queer colors in our app every day input color.”

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