Every panic
The archive
44 panics – what was said, what happened and how big the gap was. Filter, compare and set your own meters.
New gadgets, the internet and what spreads on it.
The computer virus that will wipe five million PCs!Blown over
The Michelangelo virusOverblown +3
Blown over
Mobile phone radiationYour mobile phone gives you brain tumours!Overblown +3
Partly justified
The millennium bugComputers will crash at the millennium!Overblown +2
Making a call can blow up the petrol station!Blown over
Phones at petrol stationsOverblown +2
Ongoing
Social media and young people’s mental healthThe smartphone has created an anxious generation!
Deadly online game lures children to suicide!Blown over
The Blue Whale challengeOverblown +4
Creepy figure is hiding in children’s videos!Blown over
MomoOverblown +4
Phones are ruining school!Ongoing
Phones in school
5G masts are spreading the coronavirus!Blown over
5GOverblown +3
AI is taking our jobs – and maybe the world!Ongoing
Artificial intelligence
Blown over
Mobile phone radiationYour mobile phone gives you brain tumours!Overblown +3
Partly justified
The millennium bugComputers will crash at the millennium!Overblown +2
Making a call can blow up the petrol station!Blown over
Phones at petrol stationsOverblown +2
Ongoing
Social media and young people’s mental healthThe smartphone has created an anxious generation!
Deadly online game lures children to suicide!Blown over
The Blue Whale challengeOverblown +4
Creepy figure is hiding in children’s videos!Blown over
MomoOverblown +4
Phones are ruining school!Ongoing
Phones in school
5G masts are spreading the coronavirus!Blown over
5GOverblown +3
AI is taking our jobs – and maybe the world!Ongoing
Artificial intelligence
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