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Mark Zuckerberg unveils plans for Facebook dating service

Facebook 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.

Zuckerberg unveiled the plans as he addressed Facebook's annual F8 developers conference in San Jose, California -- emphasizing that the focus would be on helping people find long-term partners.

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