婚姻新殺手:美1/5離婚案與Facebook有關

According to the Daily Mail on December 1, a new survey by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers has found that one in five divorces in US involve the social networking site Facebook。

Flirty messages and photographs found on Facebook are increasingly being cited as proof of unreasonable behavior or irreconcilable differences. Many cases revolve around social media users who get back in touch with old flames they hadn't heard from in many years。

Facebook was by far the biggest offender, with 66 percent of lawyers citing it as the primary source of evidence in a divorce case. MySpace followed with 15 percent, Twitter at 5 percent and other choices lumped together at 14 percent。

The survey reflects the findings of a UK law firm last year showing that 20 percent of its divorce petitions blamed Facebook flings。

"Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria recently split from her basketball player husband Tony Parker after alleging that he strayed with a woman he kept in touch with on Facebook。

Cedric Miller, An American minister from New Jersey also made the headlines recently when he called Facebook a "portal to infidelity" and insisted that his congregation delete their accounts after revealing that 20 couples attending his church had been led astray through the site。據英國《每日郵報》12月1日報道，美國婚姻律師學會最新的一項調查表示，美國五分之一的離婚案件示，跟著名社交網站Facebook脫不了關係。

社交網站Facebook上經常出現的一些誘惑性的信息和照片，逐漸成爲一些夫婦陷入不理性行爲或不可調和的矛盾的根源。許多案件也顯示，一些人會通過社交網站跟分散多年的老情人聯繫上，愛火重燃。

調查顯示，目前Facebook已成爲離婚案件的衆矢之的，66%的律師把它作爲離婚案件中最主要的婚外情證據來源；15%的律師選擇MySpace；5%的律師選擇Twitter，其他證據來源加在一起佔14%。

英國一家法律公司去年的調查也顯示，20%的離婚案件是由Facebook引發的。

最近爆出《絕望的主婦》中女主角之一的伊娃•隆格莉亞與籃球明星丈夫丈湯尼•帕克鬧離婚，她指控帕克跟一名在Facebook上接觸的女子有染。

美國新澤西州牧師塞德里克• 米勒最近也因Facebook上了頭條，他說Facebook是"失去純真的門戶"。他的教友羣中有20對夫婦因爲這個網站失和，所以要求教友刪除所有Facebook賬戶。