Welcome to the archive
From Sweden’s coffee ban of 1756 to AI. How Moralpanik works – and how to make your own front page.
Moralpanik is an archive of things that were once thought to threaten civilisation. Some of them we drink every morning.
Two meters
Every panic has a panic meter – how dangerous it was thought to be – and a reality meter – how dangerous it actually was. You can set your own, and they go into the people's list under Panic of the Century.
Your own front page
Which panics shaped your childhood? Make your front page: pick up to five, divide 100 per cent of worry between them and share the front page. Whichever gets the most votes in a month becomes Front Page of the Month.
Something missing?
The archive is growing. Suggest a panic when you make your front page, or leave a comment.
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