Here it is, the best story of the day.
The British media has been running reports asserting that there has been a fourfold increase in syphilis infections in the towns of Sunderland, Durha, and Teesside, areas of Britain where Facebook is the most popular.
Facebook, as you might imagine, is not amused. The Telegraph says they have said in response that “Facebook is no more responsible for STD transmission than newspapers are responsible for bad vision.”
The Telegraph reports that Peter Kelly, director of public health in Teesside, had said staff had found a link between social networking sites and the rise in cases, especially among young women, suggesting that Facebook had given people a new way to meet multiple partners for casual sexual encounters.
“I don’t get the names of people affected, just figures, and I saw that several of the people had met sexual partners through these sites,�� Kelly said. “Social networking sites are making it easier for people to meet up for casual sex.”
The real problem is that nasty old sex-inducing Internet.
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