We have already discussed the fact that Facebook can get you arrested. Now it turns out that it can also get you divorced:

Facebook is being cited in almost one in five of online divorce petitions, lawyers have claimed.

The social networking site, which connects old friends and allows users to make new ones online, is being blamed for an increasing number of marital breakdowns.

Divorce lawyers claim the explosion in the popularity of websites such as Facebook and Bebo is tempting to people to cheat on their partners.

Suspicious spouses have also used the websites to find evidence of flirting and even affairs which have led to divorce.

One law firm, which specialises in divorce, claimed almost one in five petitions they processed cited Facebook.

This video also demonstrates the problem:

The gist of the article:
1) Facebook is making it easier to reconnect with “first loves” and ex-partners
2) Facebook is making it easier to have email/comment exchanges that are too flirty or sexual
3) In general, facebook makes it easier for people to connect with other people, and stuff happens

Here a lawyer talks about the problem:

Moral of the story: if you like being married, don’t flirt on Facebook.

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