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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Will anyone use Facebook's dating app?

Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced that Facebook’s new service will simply be called “dating,” and won’t require downloading or signing up.

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By Madeleine Brand • May 2, 2018 • 1 min read

Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced that Facebook’s new service will simply be called “dating,” and won’t require downloading or signing up. There are questions about users’ privacy and the timing of this announcement, and whether the world really needs another dating app.

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