同性愛者向けアプリ、検索フィルターから「民族」削除へ

【サンフランシスコＡＦＰ＝時事】同性愛者向け出会い系アプリ「グラインダー」は2日、米国で黒人男性が警察の拘束下で死亡した事件を受けて広がっている抗議運動「Black　Lives　Matter（黒人の命は大切）」への連帯を示し、同アプリの次期バージョンの検索フィルターから民族を外す方針を発表した。（写真はグラインダーのアプリのロゴ）
　グラインダーはかねて民族に関して中立であるよう求められてきたが、利用者からのフィードバックを受けて今回の変更に踏み切ったという。
　ツイッターの公式アカウントでグラインダーは、「私たちは声を上げて行動する」「顧客コミュニティーとの対話と、アプリ内での人種差別やヘイトスピーチを一切容認しない方針の両方を通じて、グラインダーにおける人種差別と闘い続けていく」と発表した。
　インターネット上では、米社会に根付く人種差別の根絶を求める抗議運動への支持を表明する動きが相次いでいる。音楽業界が抗議運動との連帯を示すために業務停止を呼び掛けた「ブラックアウト・チューズデー」運動では、人々が四角い黒塗りの画像を次々と投稿する現象が起きている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/06/04-13:16）

Grindr plans to remove an ethnicity filter from the next version of its gay dating app in a show of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
Grindr said the change, which critics have long called for in the spirit of the platform being neutral when it comes to race, was prompted by feedback from users.
We will not be silent and we will not be inactive, Grindr said in a message posted by its official Twitter account.
We will continue to fight racism on Grindr, both through dialogue with our community and a zero-tolerance policy for racism and hate speech on our platform.
The move came as the internet was flooded with expressions of support for protests and demonstrations calling for an end to systemic racism in the US.
A Blackout Tuesday trend online had ranks of people posting black squares as a way of going silent on social media to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
Leaders across the United States sought ways Tuesday to stem mounting unrest over police racism, from extending curfews to engaging protesters, as President Donald Trump faced wide criticism for deploying force to break up a peaceful rally.
Once-in-a-generation protests have brought a multiracial coalition peacefully to the streets for the past week but each night has descended into mayhem, with both activists and officials blaming rabble-rousers.
The uprising began in the Minnesota city Minneapolis after the May 25 killing of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man.
Floyd died after he was pinned for nearly nine minutes under the knee of a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, who ignored Floyd's pleas for his life and had remained on the force despite multiple complaints.