Hook-Up Sites Blamed for Marriage Breakups

Newsfactor, Wed Sep 1 -- Now sociologists have another culprit to blame for huge numbers of failed marriages: The Internet...New figures released by the United Kingdom's Office of National Statistics show that divorce in England and Wales has risen for the third successive year in 2003, to more than 150,000. Critics have been quick to blame the internet...In another survey in June 2004 only 9% of internet users said they used the internet to meet people.