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World Service,04 May 2018,23 mins

Facebook Seeks Lonely Hearts

Tech Life

Available for over a year

The social network announces an online dating feature despite being embroiled in a data privacy scandal. Will users trust it with their most personal information? Plus, could the pioneering female code-breakers of World War 2 inspire a new generation of women and girls into cyber-security work? Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC Online technology correspondent Mark Ward, and special guest Stephanie Hare, technology researcher and broadcaster. (Image: Stock photograph of a couple on a holiday or date in Paris, Credit: Getty Images).

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