| Published Wed, May 2nd 2018 at 12:03, Updated May 2nd 2018 at 12:07 GMT +3Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled plans for a new dating feature in a speech at Facebook's annual developers conference in California. (AFP)Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday the world's largest social network will soon include a new dating feature -- while vowing to make privacy protection its top priority in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Under the new feature, users will be able to create a separate "dating" profile not visible to their network of friends, with potential matches recommended based on dating preferences, points in common and mutual acquaintances. The announcement sent shares in the online dating giant Match.com tumbling, finishing the formal trading day down 22 percent. The social network has already moved to limit the amount of data it shares with third-party applications and plans further steps to prevent a repeat of the Cambridge Analytica debacle, Zuckerberg said.

Source: Standard Digital May 02, 2018 09:00 UTC