[s__s]

To me that problem can be dealt with between the user, their ex-bf and local law enforcement. Grindr need not be involved, and no special internet laws need apply.

That’s a case of harassment and possibly some form of identity theft.

I don’t find your proposal tenable and it would obviously be prone to abuse.

[gowld]

That's only true of Grinder is obligated to positively ID a US resident who provided the content.

[odessacubbage]

there are a lot of reasons why grindr would not want to do that. grindr is not tinder and it's not okcupid a BIG part of the service is providing psuedonymity to it's users. attitudes about homosexuality in the us and especially internationally make it a pretty significant liability for a service to start 'outing' people. if you can be ID'ed in the US you can be ID'ed in singapore or chechnya. and even besides that there's a great degree of cultural complexity at play and even in 'tolerant' places many men are discreet because they don't want to be branded as a fag. if i ran grindr i would've made the same call