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Why athletes at Olympic Village are finding some Grindr features disabled
"If athletes are not out or come from a country where being LGBTQ+ is dangerous or illegal, using G…
Jaures Yip
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'Nasty' scammer had sex with men he met on the dating app Grindr then blackmailed and robbed them
Anouar Sabbar, 28, had consensual sex with nine victims and then demanded payment, saying he was an…
Joshua Zitser
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A gay college student says he still uses Grindr after surviving horrific torture at the hands of a man he met on the app — but he takes steps to protect himself
Holden White says he still uses Grindr a year after a man he met on the app attacked him. Experts s…
Joshua Zitser
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A 22-year-old Texas man involved in a plot to use Grindr to kidnap and rob gay men has been sentenced to 23 years in prison
Daniel Jenkins and three other men lured at least nine Grindr users to their apartment and held the…
Yelena Dzhanova
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A Louisiana man used Grindr as a 'hunting ground' to kidnap and attempt to kill gay men, according to a federal criminal complaint
A Louisiana man was indicted after prosecutors said he attempted to kill a gay man who he met on Gr…
Moises Mendez II
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A Texas man pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges after using Grindr to target gay men for carjacking and kidnapping
Daniel Jenkins, 22, admitted he used the gay dating app Grindr to target men for their "perceived s…
Connor Perrett
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A man killed in Belgium was reportedly lured to the park using a gay dating app
A 42-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death in Belgium after being lured there with the gay dat…
Moises Mendez II
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Grindr attacker who used gay dating app to lure men to rape and rob is jailed for 14 years
Aaron Goodey enticed men on gay dating app Grindr under the guise of a date - then raped and robbed…
Bethany Dawson
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Poisoner who targeted a gifted dancer on Grindr sentenced to life for killing him with a date-rape drug called 'devil's breath'
Joel Osei robbed Adrian Murphy after getting him to drink the drug scopolamine, commonly known as '…
Naina Bhardwaj
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Dating app Grindr is ramping up privacy to protect LGTBQ athletes competing in the Beijing Olympics from discrimination and harassment
Grindr nixed the explore feature for people in the Beijing Olympic Village, hoping to protect LGBTQ…
Gabrielle Bienasz
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Jeffrey Dahmer copycat sentenced to 45 years in prison after using Grindr as a 'hunting ground' to lure, kidnap, and attempt to kill an 18-year-old gay man
Chance Seneca of Louisiana wanted to kill gay men and aimed to "eat and preserve" his victims as Je…
Lloyd Lee
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TikTok creators are exposing LGBTQ athletes using Grindr in Tokyo's Olympic Village, endangering them around the world
Social media users are using the dating app's "explore" feature to find users in the Olympic Villag…
Benjamin Goggin
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Coronavirus lockdowns create fertile ground for catfishers on dating apps, and the stress of it all may make the victims more willing to believe them
Dr. Margeret Seide, a New York city-based psychologist, says coronavirus quarantines may lead to a …
Canela López
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Security Flaw In Gay Dating App Grindr Reveals Precise Location Of 90% Of Users
The original PasteBin note claims that Grindr was informed of the exploit "several times within the…
James Cook
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My husband and I had our son through surrogacy. Her husband took photos of the birth and we are still in touch.
The author shares how he and his husband chose their surrogate. The surrogate's husband was in the …
Paul Morgan-Bentley
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10 Things in Tech: Samsung's new phones
In today's edition: Samsung gave us a glimpse at its new Galaxy S22 phones, and Porsche just broke …
Jordan Parker Erb
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10 things in tech you need to know today
4. Berlin-based SoundCloud has raised just over €32 million (£24 million) in debt funding, accordi…