Grindr announces «zero tolerance» of racism, transphobia
Gay dating app Grindr has announced a «zero tolerance policy» toward racism, transphobia and other discrimination on the platform as it looks to crack down on abusive behaviour within the LGBTQ dating scene.
The company said it would ban users who used hateful language and may even remove options allowing users to filter potential dates by age and race in a bid to tackle the issue.
«Any language that is intended to openly discriminate against characters and traits, like infamously, ‘No fats, no femmes, no Asians’…that isn’t going to be tolerated any more», said Landen Zumwalt, Grindr’s head of communications.
«Grindr is the leader in the gay dating space and we have an enormous power to reach a massive audience and drive real awareness around these topics and these issues», Zumwalt told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.