Baseless child-trafficking theory involving US retail giant spreads online


A file photo of the Wayfair website on a computer in New York. Self-proclaimed Internet sleuths are matching up names of Wayfair’s products to those of missing children as part of a baseless conspiracy theory that claims the retail giant is using storage cabinets to traffic children. Wayfair responded: ‘There is, of course, no truth to these claims.’ — AP

CHICAGO: The baseless conspiracy theory took off after an anonymous user posed a bizarre question in an Internet chatroom: What if retail giant Wayfair is using pricey storage cabinets to traffic children?

Self-proclaimed Internet sleuths quickly responded by matching up the names of Wayfair products to those of missing children, producing social media posts that have since overrun Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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