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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Etsy targeted by child trafficking conspiracy theories::Conspiracy theorists who believe in a secret cabal of child sex traffickers have set their sights on yet another online retailer: Etsy, a website best known for selling handmade items.

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[-] [email protected] 77 points 1 year ago

Everything is child trafficking in conspiracy theories.

[-] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago

Seriously though...buying a child? In this economy?

[-] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago

Remember the golden rule, folks: every accusation is a confession.

[-] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago

I wish the article specified whether downloadable images of pizza actually sold for thousands of dollars or whether they were simply listed for that much. Like I can put my toenail clippings up on eBay with a $1000 price tag but it doesn't mean people are buying them.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Holy shit this is such a pet peeve of mine.

Go to "completed listings," you tool.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Probably Just someone trying to scam someone else out 1k. Just like those PS5 2k eBay listing that was just a print out image.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

Is it happening in the Etsy basement and run by Hillary Clinton? ๐Ÿ™„

[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Here we go again...

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The ads are very strange, probably either a troll intentionally seeking this outcome or a scammer targeting pedophiles who believed in pizzagate and used it to look for CSAM. In any case, very weird.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Troll seems most likely given it's specifically a pizza. But there's several reasons someone would put up a fake listing. Could be a poorly thought out method for "laundering" stolen credit cards. Or someone just hoping for a bored or drunk millionaire. Or someone boosting # of listings stats on their account. Or a temporary placeholder because they're trying to transfer reviews between listing's. I'm sure there's more possibilities.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Lovingly handcrafted pedowares, produced by local artisans

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lmao the next Wayfair.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Isn't them just trying to throw off the fact that they are the ones doing this kind of thing?

this post was submitted on 25 Dec 2023
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