{"id":140577,"date":"2025-11-16T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=140577"},"modified":"2025-11-16T08:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T08:00:15","slug":"chinas-lgbtq-community-loses-key-lifeline-as-blued-finka-apps-vanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=140577","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s LGBTQ community loses key lifeline as Blued, Finka apps vanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe vulnerability of safe digital spaces for China\u2019s LGBTQ community has been underscored by the abrupt removal of the country\u2019s two most popular gay-dating apps \u2013 Blued and Finka \u2013 from mainland app stores under government orders.<br \/>\nThe apps, both owned by Hong Kong-based BlueCity Holdings Ltd, were first noticed missing by Chinese social media users last weekend. Apple confirmed the removals in a statement sent to the South China Morning Post on Thursday, explaining that it follows the laws in&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3332962\/chinas-lgbtq-community-loses-key-lifeline-blued-finka-apps-abruptly-vanish?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe vulnerability of safe digital spaces for China\u2019s LGBTQ community has been underscored by the abrupt removal of the country\u2019s two most popular gay-dating&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140577"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}