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Grindr Vanishes From App Stores in China Before 2022 Winter Olympics

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The gay dating app Grindr is no longer available in China, apparently the victim of a government crackdown ahead of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, scheduled to begin Friday. Grindr was taken off Apple’s app store last week, the Bloomberg news service reports. Searches for it on Android platforms produce no results, although it’s unclear when it was removed from those. China-based competitors, such as Blued, remain available. Grindr is based in the U.S., having been sold to an American company by its Chinese owner in 2020. China’s Cyberspace Administration last week announced that it was stepping up efforts against…

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