Gay dating app 'Grindr' removed from China App Store, due to tightening internet regulations for the Beijing Olympics

It was reported that Grindr, a dating app for gay and transgender people, has disappeared from the Chinese App Store and Android app store. The case is described as 'because it violated the newly enacted Personal Information Protection Law,' but China has regulated illegal content, pornography, and other 'things that the authorities have determined to be offensive' for the Beijing Olympics. It is reported that the cause may be the progress of.

Gay Dating App Grindr Pulled From Apple App Store in China --Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-31/gay-dating-app-grindr-vanishes-from-china-app-store-before-2022-winter-olympics

Grindr reportedly disappears from app stores in China --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/31/22910129/grindr-china-app-store-removal-ios-android

Bloomberg, a major American economic newspaper, has newly reported that 'Grindr has been removed from the Chinese App Store.' This move applies not only to the App Store, but also to the Android app stores operated by Huawei and Tencent, which are alternatives to Google Play, which is banned in China, and Grindr was removed from the App Store on January 27, 2022. It has been confirmed that it was the day, but it is unknown when it was removed from the Huawei and Tencent app stores.

Grindr representatives have been transferred between China and other regions by the Chinese version of the GDPR ' PIPL ', which came into effect in November 2021, imposing new restrictions on the personal information stored in the app. 'It wasn't just Grindr that was deleted,' he said, citing the need for approval by the Chinese authorities for the data.

Contrary to these answers, media outlets point out that 'because of the recent tightening of regulations in China.' Chinese officials have announced that they will set up a 'purification' month for the Internet environment in time for the Chinese New Year, which will start on February 1, 2022, and in addition to illegal content, rumors, vulgar or obscene expressions on the Internet. Announced that it will strengthen its crackdown on a wide range of content, including violent content, illegal and immoral remarks by celebrities, money worship and money worship, and content dealing with overdrinking and eating.

CNN.co.jp: Chinese authorities to strengthen internet crackdown in line with Chinese New Year
https://www.cnn.co.jp/tech/35182657.html

Homosexuality is not illegal in China, but there have been reports in recent years that attitudes towards LGBT have become increasingly intolerant.

Affirming the judgment that 'homosexuality is a mental disorder' in Chinese textbooks | [Nishi-Nippon Shimbun me]
https://www.nishinippon.co.jp/item/n/699545/

China LGBTQ organization's SNS account, frozen one after another 1 photo International News: AFPBB News
https://www.afpbb.com/articles/-/3355515

Apple has previously explained that 'it is necessary to comply with local laws and sometimes disagree with the government and other stakeholders on the right path' (PDF file) , so this Grindr removal also It is possible that it followed the intentions of the Chinese government.

As mentioned above, Grindr has been excluded from the Chinese app store, but similar apps such as the world's largest dating app for gay and transgender people 'Blued ' are as of January 31, 2022. It is reported that it is available at.