Grindr has disappeared from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store in China. The platform was removed by Grindr’s operators, citing difficulties in keeping it in compliance with the country’s Personal Information Protection Law. The new regulations – a localised version of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR – went into effect at the end of 2021. The law limits personal information stored in apps and requires data transferred between China and other regions to be approved by the Chinese government. The new regulations were implemented in China on January 27th 2022, and came days after Beijing vowed...