Gay dating app Grindr has announced plans to remove its “ethnicity filter” when the platform is next updated. The controversial feature is included on a tick-list of “my type” preferences - such as age, weight, height and social group - for possible matches available to premium users.
Grindr bills itself as the “largest mobile social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people” but has long been criticised for being too slow to combat racism inside the platform.