Why is OnlyFans Banning Content? Plenty of discourse erupted after the news that OnlyFans was banning content for which the platform is known, but the reasons these changes came to be were often left out of the story.
‘FB Banned over 700 Pages Dedicated to Expose Pedophilia. That Should Scare the Absolute S*** Out of Everyone.’ Another viral child trafficking and abuse rumor in 2020 held that Facebook placed a ban on hundreds of page dedicated to exposing pedophilia.
Attempted Florida Pizza Shop Abduction: ‘Hold Tight to Your Babies. 😭😭 They Are Coming for Them’ A viral video of a purported attempted abduction fed into the 2020 child trafficking panic, but it was often spread without context.
Are People Trying to Make the Legal Age of Consent 4 Years Old? A very popular Facebook post claims that unnamed "people" are trying to "make the legal age of consent four years old," but they can't buy alcohol or tobacco until they're 21.
‘How is Finding 39 Missing Children in a Double Wide Trailer in Georgia NOT the Biggest News Story in America?’ As is often the case, a seemingly huge story is not the "biggest story" because it didn't happen -- at least not in the way it's described.
Victoria’s Secret Bra ‘Tracking Devices’ Social media users have posted about purported radio frequency identification tags in Victoria's Secret bras, rumors that were eventually and inevitably swept up into QAnon sex trafficking conspiracies.
Did Oprah Condone Child Abuse and Say ‘If It Feels Good’ that the Child ‘Won’t Even Know’ Abuse Happened? A video of Oprah Winfrey apparently expressing support for child molestation is misleadingly edited.
Wayfair Child Trafficking Conspiracy Theory Commenters shared suspicions about inexplicably expensive Wayfair WFX cabinets, sparking a new conspiracy theory about human trafficking.
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 […]
