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.

  • @SinningStromgald
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    779 months ago

    Everything is child trafficking in conspiracy theories.

  • @EdibleFriend
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    619 months ago

    Seriously though…buying a child? In this economy?

    • @Darorad
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      129 months ago

      Hey, it’s a great time to buy. Supply hasn’t dropped, but demand has.

        • ArxCyberwolf
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          49 months ago

          Whoops, probably shouldn’t have this Bar Association logo there…

  • @[email protected]
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    429 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.

    • prole
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      149 months ago

      Holy shit this is such a pet peeve of mine.

      Go to “completed listings,” you tool.

    • @[email protected]
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      59 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      9 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
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    299 months ago

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

    • wagoner
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      19 months ago

      Why so much of this Deleted By Creator lately?

  • @sugarfree
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    99 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
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      119 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.

  • @[email protected]
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    09 months ago

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