As a leader in the dating app industry, your organization and organizational responsibilities include safeguarding minors, protecting them against sexual exploitation, exposure and assault.

That said, when Grindr runs advertisements that promote applications aimed at teens, run ads featuring teenage boys, you have fundamentally failed and should shamefully accept that you have put money above integrity. No organization that inherently protects minors, would allow ads to run that have any association with anything or anyone associated with minors in any form.

You have the resources to have entire teams that audit, approve and report your ads, so i will not be told you didn’t know, were not aware or whatever excuse will be conjured up. This community has suffered insurmountable damage with the association to predatory practices, you are aware of this as i am very aware that i am not the first to mention this topic. If making money has blinded you to acceptable marketing strategies and practices, i guarantee that this area of society will illuminate and bring back much needed restructuring. How you respond determines how you feel about something….do with that what you will.