U.S. pushes Chinese owner of Grindr to divest the dating app.

FILE PHOTO: An unidentified man using a smart phone walks through London's Canary Wharf financial district in the evening light in London, Britain, September 28, 2018. (Image: REUTERS/Russell Boyce/File Photo)

Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd is seeking to sell Grindr LLC, the popular gay dating app it has owned since 2016, after a U.S. government national security panel raised concerns about its ownership, according to people familiar with the matter.