Facebook: what social networking site 'is blamed for' amid syphilis claims

There are, it seems, few social ills that have not at one stage or another been blamed on Facebook

Since its creation in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg the site has been held responsible for everything from the breakdown of marriage to childhood obesity. Most recently, a public health official even linked social network sites to a resurgence in the sexually-transmitted disease syphilis.