If you choose to use Secret Crush, you can select up to nine of your Facebook friends or Instagram followers who you’re interested in. Our popular Secret Crush feature gives you the option to do just that. Secret Crush lets you match with people you already know on Facebook and/or Instagram. By default, Facebook Dating won’t match you with your Facebook Friends, but people told us they were interested in exploring potential romantic relationships within their extended circles, like their Facebook friend list and Instagram followers.This format lets you be authentic in a way that a typical dating profile can’t, and it helps you get to know someone before and after you match. To help you show, rather than tell, who you are, we’re bringing Stories to Dating. People will soon be able to connect and share with Facebook and Instagram Stories. Today people are asked to make a decision as to whether or not they like someone immediately based on a static profile.It won’t be shared to the rest of Facebook. All of your Dating activity will stay in Facebook Dating. Facebook Dating won’t match you with friends, unless you choose to use Secret Crush and you both add each other to your list. Facebook Dating allows you to match with friends of friends and/or people not in your friend circle. If you aren’t interested, you can pass on them. If you are interested in someone, you can comment directly on their profile or tap on the Like button to let them know. Facebook Dating isn’t about swiping or having to wait for someone to like you to get a first chance at reaching out. People are suggested based on your preferences, interests and other things you do on Facebook. You will be suggested to others who have also opted in. Starting today, you can choose to opt into Facebook Dating and create a Dating profile (separate from your main profile) if you’re 18 years or older and have downloaded the most recent version of Facebook. Learn more about privacy and Facebook Dating here. These features and others give you more control and peace of mind. We worked with experts in these areas to build protections into Facebook Dating from the start, including the ability to report and block anyone prohibiting people from sending photos, links, payments or videos in messages and by providing easy access to safety tips.
Safety, security and privacy are at the forefront of this product. Chinese regulators had earlier fined delivery platform Meituan $533.5 million for "monopolistic practices".Finding a romantic partner is deeply personal, which is why we built Dating to be safe, inclusive and opt-in. In another move to regulate the web, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) had issued regulations targeting algorithm recommendations this month. The draft regulation required users of instant message services and apps to authenticate their identity through mobile phones or identity cards. Last week, Chinese internet regulators had issued a notice calling for the protection of minors against food products which reportedly contained hints of pornography marketed as "internet celebrity snacks".Įarlier this month, China's cybersecurity officials had directed app providers to abide by the nation's constitution and regulations and were forbidden to conduct activity which “endangering national security, disrupting social order, or infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of others.”Īlso Read: China to make internet giants take permission before raising funds, investing China has introduced sweeping regulations to clean up the internet even as foreign companies including LinkedIn have pulled out of the country. Epic Games had also shut down its Chinese version of Fortnite last year.