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These are the countries that care about cheating the least

The Ashley Madison hack has put infidelity firmly on the news agenda, after up to 37million people who signed up to the affairs website had their data posted online by hackers.

Most of the users on the English-language site were in the US or UK, which as the below chart shows, are about middle-of-the-road when it comes to casting judgment on people who cheat on their spouses.

Put simply, we wonder if Ashley Madison would be making headlines if it was a French website... or whether there would even be a need for a French version.

Our Statista chart is based on surveys conducted by the Pew Research Centre in 40 countries. You can see the full results here.

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