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Myspace Predator Panic

The media-driven panic over online predators on Myspace in the mid-2000s and its impact on policy and policing.

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Feb 6, 2026

How has media coverage amplified or debunked other dark‑web moral panics and what are examples of the Woozle effect?

Media coverage has both inflated and punctured moral panics about the and adjacent online phenomena: sensational headlines and repetition have amplified fear by linking anonymity to terrorism, child a...

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