Report: You Can Thank Facebook For Getting Syphilis

Facebook has been blamed for a variety of things including carbon emissions, jealousy and even murder, and now a report says that the social networking site is tied to a rise in cases of the sexually-transmitted disease syphillis, at least in parts of Britain. A public health director there says that incidents of the virus have increased by as much as four times, and that young women seem to be especially affected.

The reason for this? Apparently because social networking sites make it easier to meet people and facilitate multiple casual sex partners.