It is most likely related to the fact that it is no longer owned by Chinese company. Here is a news story from 2019: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/us/poli

It is most likely related to the fact that it is no longer owned by Chinese company. Here is a news story from 2019: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/us/politics/grindr-china-national-security.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/us/politics/grindr-china-... From the article: > The Trump administration is expanding its efforts to block Chinese acquisitions in the United States, moving to force a Chinese firm that owns Grindr, the gay dating app, to relinquish control over concerns that Beijing could use personal information to blackmail or influence American officials, according to people familiar with the situation. Now, it is owned by an American company and China must have similar concerns which explains the ban.