Wayfair Child Trafficking Conspiracy Theory
Commenters shared suspicions about inexplicably expensive Wayfair WFX cabinets, sparking a new conspiracy theory about human trafficking.
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‘The Purest Form of Human Trafficking’
An Arizona county official’s arrest for allegedly trafficking pregnant women into the United States was a legitimate news story.
Are School Bus Stops Now More Dangerous Because of an All-Time High in Human Trafficking?
If anything is at an all-time high, it is baseless panic about school kidnappings and bus stops.
Did Ontario, California Confirm Kidnappers are Drugging and Abducting Children?
On April 26 2019, a Facebook user shared a screenshot (archived here) of another post, which provided an alarming account of complex abduction attempts purportedly occurring in Ontario, California. The original post was shared by an account with the name Barbie Bazzett Klepper, and it told the story of a purported narrowly avoided abduction at …
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Is There a Snapchat Sex Trafficking Ring in Lawrence, Massachusetts?
On April 24 2019, a Facebook user shared the following status (archived here), claiming that a Snapchat sex trafficking ring was operating in Lawrence, Massachusetts: So there’s a sex trafficking ring going on in Lawrence Mass. If you get a random person who tries adding you on Snapchat this morning and it says “added by …
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Uber Sex Trafficking Warning?
On February 19 2019, a woman shared a harrowing account via Facebook which reported that a phony Uber driver in Tampa had nearly successfully abducted her for the purposes of sex trafficking. In her post, Emmy Hurley described the purported brush with a human trafficker: Last night I was picked up by an Uber. Same …
Did President Trump Say ‘Illegal Immigration’ Has Been a Problem in the U.S. for ‘Thousands of Years’?
On January 6, 2019, the following status update appeared, paraphrasing purported comments made by United States President Donald Trump which described “illegal immigration” as an American problem for “thousands of years”: The text-based, citation-free commentary read: Trump said illegal immigration has been a problem in America for “thousands of years.” Is it possible to be any …
‘Fake Babies’ Hoax Continues Surfacing Online
From chain emails to TikTok videos, a fearmongering message has traversed several platforms.