Psychologists Say Facebook Is Leading to Divorce

A group of scientists from the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers), USA, found that 1 in 5 divorces now include materials from the social network Facebook. 81% of divorce lawyers say that the number of cases in which evidence of infidelity contains material from social networks has increased dramatically. Often these are just messages that were received from former lovers with whom the person has not been in contact for many years.





The study showed that the most common evidence in divorce cases is based on Facebook materials (65%). In second place is MySpace with 15%, Twitter with 5% and other sites that made up 15%. “The most common reason is people who have inappropriate, sexually tinged conversations,” said Mark Keenan, Managing Director of Divorce-Online.





As it turned out, Facebook is the most popular app for phones. Scientists interviewed more than 4.5 thousand people. 60% of iPhone or iPod Touch owners have a Facebook app installed.

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