internet – Only 7% of HK net friends have sex

The China Digital News picked up an article in an obscure online newspaper that tells us that 55 percent of Hong Kong teens made friends on the net, while 7 percent have sex. The paper is doing its best to sounds alarmist by suggesting that a part of the teens involved were between 12 and 15 years old, but it is rather unclear how many are actually under 15.
It is a very typical way for scientist and media to keep themselves busy. Now look at other places where young people meet, like bars and – just imagine the idea – at school. What percentage would make friends there? And I would only be honestly alarmed if only in 7 percent of the cases sex would be involved. Only 11.6 percent had suffered financial loss after meeting online friends. Damned, the money I spend in bars and restaurants.