LONDON, U.K - The social networking website Facebook is being blamed for a growing number of divorces in Britain as married partners are caught cheating online. A lawyer said how every divorce she had dealt with in the past nine months had involved the social networking website, according to The Sun.- Nowadays, even flirty messages and photos of new lovers after a split are being used by former spouses as "ammunition" in divorce proceedings.
- Lawyers are advising couples to stop using Facebook and sites such as Second Life, Illicit Encounters and Friends Reunited until legal proceedings are finalised.
- Emma Patel, of Hart Scales and Hodges Solicitors, in Surrey, has dealt with 30 divorces since May, and all involved Facebook.
She said: "Suspicious spouses have used it to spy and find evidence of flirting and even affairs, which have then led to break-ups.We advise feuding couples to avoid these sites until their divorces are settled."
- And she warned against "public slagging matches" on the site.
Source: IANS
LONDON, U.K - The social networking website Facebook is being blamed for a growing number of divorces in Britain as married partners are caught cheating online. A lawyer said how every divorce she had dealt with in the past nine months had involved the social networking website, according to The Sun.
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