The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has informed Kunlun that its ownership of West Hollywood, California-based Grindr constitutes a national security risk, the two sources said.ĬFIUS’ specific concerns and whether any attempt was made to mitigate them could not be learned. And in an extraordinary move today first reported by Reuters, the US government is now forcing Kunlun to sell the app on national security grounds.Ĭarl O’Donnell, Liana B. In 2016, the American-made app was sold to a Chinese company called Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd. With more than 27 million users, it’s so popular among its target audience that it has basically defined gay life for the past decade. ![]() ![]() ![]() Grindr is an app used primarily by gay men to find hookups in their immediate vicinity.
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