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The following is a list of events that have been described by multiple reliable sources as fitting the sociological definition of a moral panic:

18th century and before

title target causes location time refs
Texas slave insurrection Suspected slave rebels
American-European witch-hunts Supposed witches 1700s

19th century

title target causes location time refs
Texas slave insurrection Suspected slave rebels
Anti-Catholicism of the 1840s Catholic immigrants United States [1]
Garroting panic of the 1860s Garroting thieves Alarmism over the prevalence of garroting in the United States. [2][3]

20th century

title target Description Causes location time refs
White slavery scare Owners of White slaves Alarmism over the slave trade of White people, especially White women Early 1900s [4][5]
Satanic panic Supposed satanic cults Paranoia that Satanic cults engaged in child sexual abuse rituals. Conspiracy theories, often fueled by tabloid media 1980s [6][7]
Blood libel Jews Paranoia that Jews engage in the kidnapping and murder of gentile children. [8]
Comic book panic Comic books Alarmism over the influence of comic books on young people Christian activism, publication of Seduction of the Innocent 1930s - 1950s [9][10]
Lavender Scare Gay men [11]
War on drugs Drug traffickers and addicts Global [12][13]
Missing children panic Kidnapers Alarmism over the prevalence of child abduction crimes by strangers. Murder and abduction of Adam Walsh United States [14][15]
Day-care sex-abuse hysteria Supposed Satanist day-care workers Paranoia that some day-care centers were engaging in Satanic child sexual abuse. Conspiracy theories spread by social workers, law-enforcement officers and the NCMEC. 1980s, 1990s [16][17]
Dungeons & Dragons panic Dungeon and Dragons and other table-top games Paranoia that some table-top games were leading young people into drug use and Satanism. Conspiracy theories spread by Christian and Conservative activists [18][19]
Mods and rockers panic Members of the two groups Alarmism over hooligan activities by the two youth groups. Conflicts between the groups United Kingdom [20][21]
Sex offender panic Sex offenders Public anxiety over sex offenders and their threat to children. Murder of Adam Walsh, media attention on high profile child abuse cases United States 1970s-present [22][23][24][25]
Wilding panic Black youth gangs Alarmism over physical and sexual assaults in public streets by youth gangs. 1990s [26][27]
AIDS panic Gay men Alarmism over AIDS dissemination, particularly by gay men. AIDS pandemic of the 1980s Global 1980s, 1990s [28][29]
Internet moral panic The Internet Alarmism that the internet would expose children pornographic materials and enable child grooming. 1990s, 2000s [30][31][32]

21st century

title Target description Causes location time refs
Islamic terrorism panic Arabs and Muslims Alarmism over Arab and Muslim terrorism. September 11 attacks, other terrorist attacks by Muslims United States [33][34]
Qanon Politicians and celebrities Fears that some politicians and celebrities engage in Satanic child sexual abuse rituals. Conspiracy theories spread on social media, misreadings of child abduction statistics United States 2010s [35][36]
Gender ideology panic LGBT activists Fears that LGBT activists were introducing children to "gender ideology" in schools. Latin America 2000s, 2010s [37][38]
Anti-LGBT panic LGBT people Fears of LGBT child grooming and genital mutilation of cisgender children by gender professionals. LGBT grooming conspiracy theory United States, Argentina, Brazil 2010s - present [39][40]
Immigrant child grooming panic South Asian immigrants Alarmism over immigrant "grooming gangs" in Europe. British media reportings United Kingdom 2010s - [41][42]
Human trafficking panic Human traffickers Alarmism over the prevalence of sex-trafficking and human-trafficking. United States, United Kingdom 2000s - [43][44][45][46]
Harry Potter panic The Harry Potter book series Fears that the series was leading children into witchcraft 1990s [47][48]
Violent videogames moral panic Violent videogames Alarmism that videogames were influencing children into commiting violent acts Media sensationalism, launch of Death Race 1970s - 1990s [49][50]

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