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Experts say dating apps could be more proactive in protecting users Several experts told Insider that while there are ways that people can use LGBTQ dating apps safely, apps like Grindr could be doing more to help mitigate risk for users. He added that he hoped his experience would encourage others to use the apps vigilantly. "I either meet them in public, or they come to my house, because I live in apartments and I have roommates, so it's safer that way." "Since the incident, I don't go to their home anymore," he said. Nowadays, White takes more precautions, he said. "I use all the apps because I don't blame them 100% for what happened to me," he said during a video call. He's also facing a charge of attempted murder and a hate-crime charge at the state level.īut while White seeks justice, he still frequently uses Grindr and other dating apps, he said. In March, Seneca was charged with hate-crime, firearm, and kidnapping offenses, the Department of Justice said. He's now suing Seneca at the state and federal levels. White fell into a coma and spent days intubated in a hospital. In an affidavit, an FBI agent said White's wrists were "slit to the bone." He said he lost consciousness and woke up naked in a bath with six stab wounds to his throat. "He then began to strangle me, and that lasted for 30 to 40 minutes, to the point that every blood vessel in my face ruptured," White said. But then Seneca pulled out a loaded pistol, White said. White, a college student, said he agreed to be handcuffed by Chance Seneca, 19, because he was interested in trying something new. But the encounter quickly turned into hours of torture, he said. Warning: This story contains graphic details that readers might find distressing.Īfter chatting with a man on the gay dating app Grindr on and off for a year, Holden White, 18, decided to meet up with him in June 2020.Īt first, he said, he didn't notice any red flags. White said that despite his traumatic ordeal, he still uses Grindr and other LGBTQ dating apps.Holden White says he was tortured by a man he met on Grindr last year.