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Baseless Wayfair child-trafficking theory spreads online

by Associated Press
| July 17, 2020 12:03 AM

CHICAGO (AP) — 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?

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