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Etsy targeted by child trafficking conspiracy theories (techxplore.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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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] 11 points 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.