Facebook has traded in the blue background of its site for a more "modern", all-white design that aims to put privacy at the forefront of users' social interactions.
Announced at the company's annual F8 developer conference in San Jose, California, the new FB5 design signals an attempt to distance the social networking site from the scandal it faced last year regarding the mishandling of users' data.
Co-founder Mark Zuckerberg described the new design as "more modern" and "clean", as the blue bar at the top of the site has been swapped for extra white space, and the square logo replaced with a circle.
Users will see these updates in the Facebook app immediately, whilst changes to the desktop site will come in the next few months. Facebook has swapped the blue background of its site for a "cleaner", all-white design
Zuckerberg opened the event with a speech explaining how Facebook is building a more "privacy-focused social platform", prioritising private interactions between friends and small groups.
"This isn't just about building features, we need to change a lot of the ways we run this company today," said Zuckerberg at the conference.
"I get that a lot of people aren't sure that we're serious about this ? I know that we don't exactly have the strongest reputation on privacy right now, to put it lightly," he continued. "But I'm committed to doing this well, and to starting a new chapter for our pro...