Egyptian police accused of using fake Grindr accounts to entrap users

Grindr, the world's leading gay dating app, has been sending safety warnings to its users in Egypt, cautioning them that police are allegedly using fake accounts to entrap those seeking dates on the platform. The warning comes after a spike in arrests of LGBTQ people last weekend. Grindr says it has at least hundreds of thousands of users in Egypt, where LGTBQ people have long faced crackdowns and police entrapment. While homosexuality is not criminalized in Egypt, officials have used "public morality" laws that punish "debauchery" as a legal basis for prosecuting men who are suspected of same-sex relations.