To get started, open or download the Facebook mobile app and sign in using your existing Facebook login information. In October 2020 Facebook launched Dating in Europe after having their data privacy policies approved by the European Union. As of September 2019, over a year after its original announcement, Dating was made available to Facebook users in the United States. After a successful initial testing phase, Dating expanded to more countries across South America, Asia and North America. He described the new dating feature as a tool for finding “real long-term relationships – not just hookups” that would be designed “with privacy and safety in mind from the beginning.”įacebook Dating first launched in Colombia in September 2018. Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook Dating at the F8 Developer conference in May 2018. Many speculated that Facebook would introduce a dating service soon after its launch, but it took until 2018 for those rumors to turn into reality. Since 2004, people have used Facebook to meet and connect.
