In case you someway have not heard, the Olympics are in Paris this yr, and it looks like everybody’s utilizing the video games to degree up their courting sport and hopefully discover a new (athletic) companion within the metropolis of affection.
Tinder‘s launched an advert marketing campaign for the Olympics, encouraging customers to “join with professional athletes” by way of the Passport Mode characteristic. Apparently, the phrases “Olympian” and “athlete” have seen a major enhance in mentions on the app too.
However Grindr’s taking a unique strategy: As a substitute of selling hookups with athletes, Grindr’s specializing in making a secure digital house for LGBTQ+ athletes, particularly these from nations the place their id may put them in danger. This is not new for Grindr both; they applied related security measures through the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
For customers throughout the Olympic Village, Grindr is disabling location-based options like “Discover” and “Roam,” and making the “present distance” characteristic opt-in. The corporate has additionally applied safeguards like blocking screenshots to forestall unintentional outings.
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Different privateness controls embody the power to ship limitless disappearing messages and unsend messages after they have been despatched (even totally free customers). Grindr’s additionally disabling personal movies throughout the Olympic Village and sending out weekly reminders about potential dangers, simply to maintain everybody secure and knowledgeable.
The app additionally famous that the one adverts that may seem on Grindr throughout the village shall be from Grindr for Equality, which promotes well being and security sources.
“You will not see third-party ads — solely Grindr for Equality public service bulletins to assist preserve customers knowledgeable and secure,” Grindr introduced.
It is unlucky that we’d even want these kinds of security measures, however the actuality is that in some elements of the world, LGBTQ+ people nonetheless face extreme discrimination, persecution, and even the specter of violence. Hopefully, with Grindr taking these proactive steps, LGBTQ+ athletes can join with out concern of being outed or focused.