Why isn’t Grindr doing more to prevent illegal cyberflashing?

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy I never thought I’d be writing an article on why cyberflashing – the act of exposing oneself to another without consent online – shouldn’t be tolerated. Many individuals seemed to advocate for this to continue, stating “it comes with the territory” or “if you don’t like it, use another app”. But if a young woman was sent explicit images of a male’s genitalia without consent or any prior conversation, the matter would be dealt with very differently. The only thing they have done is allowed users to select “yes please”, “not at first” and “no” as options for receiving NSFW images on our profiles – like anyone reads that, or cares!