all names

Grindr organisation

Named in 4 reports across 1 story - 7 Sept – 9 Sept
7 Sept 20269 Sept 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Grindr. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Grindr.

England and UK share 1 reportAusten Hays and UK share 1 reportAusten Hays and England share 1 reportGrindrUKUK - 2 shared reports (place)Austen HaysAusten Hays - 1 shared report (organization)EnglandEngland - 1 shared report (place)Lgbtq+Lgbtq+ - 1 shared report (organization)Reino UnidoReino Unido - 1 shared report (place)

The stories

Grindr pays £26m to settle UK lawsuit over allegedly sharing users’ HIV status

6 outlets4 reports name Grindr7 Sept – 10 Sept

Who keeps naming them

The Guardian World1BBC News World1Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)1El País (Spain)1

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