Facebook unveils online dating feature to rival Tinder

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a new dating feature for the social network, which he says will deliver strong privacy and safety protections for its users. The unveiling of the new feature was made at the F8 developers conference at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in California on Tuesday, 1 May. Mr Zuckerberg said more than 200 million people on Facebook list themselves as single and that the new platform would let them connect with people outside of their friends list. "This is going to be for building real, long-term relationships -- not just for hookups," Mr Zuckerberg said. "We have designed this with privacy and safety in mind from the beginning. Your friends aren't going to see your profile, and you're only going to be suggested to people who are not your friends."