Hook-up app Grindr will remove its ‘ethnicity filter’ after years of criticism from users. It comes after Grindr tweeted on 29 May the message ‘Demand justice, #BlackLivesMatter’.
But several users renewed calls for the company to drop its ethnicity filter, accusing Grindr of hypocrisy. One person replied ‘remove the ethnicity filter’ and got over 1,000 retweets.
In response, Grindr deleted its tweet. And now it has posted a new message, explaining its new policy. It says: ‘We stand in