Dating apps in Egypt are being used to target members of the LGBTQ community

Dating apps are a double-edged blade for Egypt’s LGBTQ community, according to the Verge, which claims that platforms such as Grindr, Hornet, and Growler — which serve as a gateway for LGBTQ people to meet in a conservative society — are used to bait members of the community into arrests. “The apps themselves have become both evidence of a crime and a means of resistance...Targets meet a friendly stranger on a gay dating site, sometimes talking for weeks before meeting in person, only to find out they’re being targeted for a debauchery case.”