Tinder ends in Russia – Mourning, black-clad users bid farewell to popular dating app (video)

Match, which owns the popular dating app Tinder, pulled out of the Russian market today after refusing to share its users’ personal data with the government, “committed to protecting human rights”.

Following Bumble and Badoo, the popular dating app Tinder will leave Russia on June 30. Explaining the decision in an annual impact report published on May 1, Tinder’s owner Match Group said it was committed to protecting human rights. pic.twitter.com/wOzaXnbvLh

— Georgia Today (@GeorgiaToday_GT) June 30, 2023

The Tinder app has been shut down and disappeared from Google Play and the AppStore.

Anyone who tried to enter https://tinder.com/places/russia gets the familiar notification.

Several videos of grieving, black-clad users performing the “funeral” of the popular dating app are circulating online.

In #Sochi, #Russians are saying goodbye to #Tinder. https://t.co/SoykIkPDFs pic.twitter.com/xeuvnsETo8

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) June 30, 2023

A’#Tinder funeral’ was held in the Russian city of Sochi where dating enthusiasts shed some tears and said goodbye to the dating app after it shut down today across Russia. pic.twitter.com/evkZTPc0Ja

— Jason Corcoran (@jason_corcoran) June 30, 2023

Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, dozens of giant Western companies have either withdrawn from Russia or suspended their operations under sanctions. Among them are the Netflix and Spotify platforms McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Starbucks and Heineken.