Far-right online figures and QAnon accounts are spreading a baseless conspiracy theory that e-commerce platform Etsy is hosting a child trafficking market, likening it to the 'new Wayfair.' Media Matters has defended Etsy, dismissing the renewed pizzagate questions as conspiracy theories. Newsweek has written about bizarre child pizza listings on Etsy, and the account that broke the story has been permanently suspended after a Media Matters hit piece. Etsy has not provided an explanation for the listings of 'children eating pizza' being listed for thousands of dollars.
The X account that broke the Etsy pizza story has been permanently suspended after a Media Matters hit piece. Newsweek reached out to Etsy about the listings (which are real) and received no explanation. Why would pics of kids eating pizza be going for thousands of dollars on… https://t.co/UoYwsAEta7
Newsweek just wrote an article about the bizarre child pizza listings on Etsy I feel like the dam is about to burst https://t.co/Bcol3FxCWH
These must also be “baseless conspiracy theories.” https://t.co/n2GSJW3Dqj
The cuckholds at Media Matters come out swinging in defense of $ETSY, discarding renewed pizzagate questions as conspiracy theories https://t.co/eIu87FqeTW
Media Matters just wrote up an entire article about the Etsy human-trafficking theory. It wasn't able to debunk a single word of the theory or attempt to explain why images of "children eating pizza" are being listed for thousands of dollars. https://t.co/p7hMPzVOmC
NEW from me: Far-right online figures are spreading a baseless conspiracy theory claiming e-commerce platform Etsy is hosting a child trafficking market, calling it "the new Wayfair." QAnon accounts have played a major role spreading the claim. https://t.co/VDMs5dUqDK