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Grindr slams TikTok users who outed Olympic athletes using ‘Explore’ feature

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Insider identified a number of videos on TikTok and Twitter featuring people activating Grindr’s Explore option — which allows them to view profiles across the globe — in order to see which users were active in Tokyo’s Olympic Village.“I used Grindr’s explore feature to find myself and Olympian boyfriend,” said one video, which made its way to TikTok’s main For You Page.The user proceeded to scroll through a number of profiles in the Olympic Village, with multiple faces shown and identifying information exposed.At least one profile shown on TikTok featured an athlete from a country with anti-LGBTQ laws, Insider noted, raising serious privacy concerns and potentially putting the athlete in danger.In total, Insider identified at least four.

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