Half of American adults know someone who found love online, Reuters reported.

But while the Internet plays a more important role than before in starting relationships, it is also a forum for cheating and lies that end them, according to a survey.

The survey of 1,000 people commissioned by marketing consultant Euro RSCG Worldwide found one in five said they have had a romantic or sexual relationship that started online. Forty-nine percent knew someone whose relationship began that way.

Conversely, one-third of respondents knew someone whose relationship ended because of online actions, and three-quarters believed sexual communications conducted online outside of a relationship constituted cheating.

(China.org.cn February 26, 2012)

據路透社報道，一半的美國成年人認識一些從網上找到愛情的人。

一項調查顯示，隨著網絡在開啟感情上的作用越來越大，它也逐漸成為欺騙與謊言的溫床，而這些均導致了感情的終結。

市場咨詢公司靈智廣告公司對1000人進行調查后發現，五分之一的人表示自己曾從網上開始一段性關系或者浪漫的愛情。49%的人表示自己知道某些人的感情就是那樣開始的。

但是與此相反的是，三分之一的受訪者知道一些人的感情是因為網上行為而結束的，還有四分之三的人認為感情之外的網上性關系是一種背叛。