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.

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.

  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    42·
    11 months 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.

    • Spacehooks@reddthat.comEnglish
      5·
      11 months 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.

    • treefrog@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Art is used for money laundering. Digital art on Etsy is just a new incarnation of something people have been doing for a long time.

      If I owe you a $1000 for drugs you fronted me, I’d buy your clippers, eBay would take a cut, and your money is now laundered.

  • db2@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    11 months ago

    Is it happening in the Etsy basement and run by Hillary Clinton? 🙄

  • sugarfree@lemmy.worldEnglish
    112·
    11 months 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.

    • key@lemmy.keychat.orgEnglish
      11·
      11 months 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.

  • JCreazy@midwest.socialEnglish
    11·
    11 months ago

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