Blued and Finka were removed from Apple's App Store.

LGBTQ+ rights and acceptance have taken another hit in China, with Apple removing two of the countries biggest LGBTQ+ dating apps. Wired reports that Blued and Finka are no longer available on the iOS App Store or certain Android App Stores following orders from the Cyberspace Administration of China, the country's internet regulator and censor.

Apple told Wired that it must "follow the laws in the countries where we operate." Both dating apps were available solely in China, where LGBTQ+ dating apps are minimal — Grindr, for instance, hasn't been available on Apple since 2022. Blued exists internationally under the name HeeSay.

China has increasingly cracked down on LGBTQ+ individuals' rights and groups in recent years, allegedly shuttering large organizations like the Beijing LGBT Center in 2023. For reasons unknown, Blued previously stopped new registrations this past July, with individuals buying second-hand accounts to use the app. However, it reopened in the middle of August.

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (12 children)

no, you're the one trying to paint it queer advancement as foreign influence while this article is clearly pink washing.

not only have you not backed up your assertions, you keep on changing the topic; so it's become clear that you don't have anything to offer on the topic other than echoing propaganda.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (11 children)

    You're the one talking about American propaganda and pink washing, while I wanted to focus on what the actual Chinese LGBTQ community feels about the discrimination they face. You seem to be claiming first that it doesn't exist and now that it's not the government doing it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (10 children)

    you're conflating your expectations with reality. this article is propaganda, the chinese queer community feels like they're on their own and expect discrimination to come from their peers rather than their government and you would know this if you really were on rednote.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (9 children)

    I'd rather believe the actual victims of that discrimination I've talked to, tbh, than you.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (8 children)

    the problem is that you're not talking to them; you're taking in a propagandized version of them that are getting paid to say those things.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (7 children)

    I'm sure these regular people I'm talking to are secretly CIA because they complain about the discrimination lol

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

    you're not talking to anyone and the real funny part is that my gov't has admitted several times publicly that they do this, but people like you still believe it's a conspiracy theory.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    So the people I know don't exist but they're also CIA spies. I guess that's easier for you to stomach than the idea that China doesn't treat their minorities well.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    you're not talking to any queers in china; the cia has spies everywhere; and you're changing the subject again.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    "It didn't happen and if it did it was CIA operation" hah classic

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    it's interesting how you conflate 2 things that are barely related to each other, in this case:

    1. you're not talking to queers in china; but are pretending that you are to double down on your beliefs.
    2. the american government has repeatedly admitted publically that it run propaganda factories throughout the world and especially in china.

    i guess i can see how you get the 2 thing confused with one another since they're tangentially related to china and i would too if i too refused to do some light reading to educate myself about the world.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    You're the one who started talking about it being American propaganda though, as you would ofc

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    that's exactly what this article is.

    the article makes it sound like the chinese government is cracking down on queers by getting rid of grindr when the reality is that the american government forced the chinese to sell their ownership of grindr and chinese queers prefer to use grindr alternatives anyways.

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