media hysteria
Conspiracy theories tagged "media hysteria."
2 articles
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The Blue Whale Challenge
How a dubious Russian newspaper article about a suicide 'game' on VKontakte created a worldwide moral panic — and how media coverage of the hoax may have caused the very harm it warned about.
2016 · Russia · Philipp Budeikin, Galina Mursalieva
Debunked
The Momo Challenge
How a Japanese art sculpture became the face of a global moral panic — and why the Momo Challenge was almost entirely fabricated by the media that covered it.
2018 · Argentina · Keisuke Aiso, Kim Kardashian