You’ve probably seen a lot of talk about @Wayfair and it’s alleged use of storage cabinets as a means for child trafficking, including this one. So we decided to look into it... https://twitter.com/unicornplushy/status/1281247986056601604

First, we searched “Wayfair and child trafficking” in Google. The only article we found was from @Newsweek, which states that the claim originated on a Conspiracy subreddit. https://www.newsweek.com/wayfair-child-trafficking-conspiracy-theory-cabinets-scandal-1517013 #Wayfair

As the theory gained traction online, many Twitter users claimed that searching the stock keeping unit number (SKU) for each Wayfair product on a Russian search engine would bring up photos of children. Newsweek reported that is not the case.

With claims this serious, we decided to just head straight to the source. Our intern, @aiyanaish, reached out to Wayfair, here is the statement they sent us in response: (cont.)

From John Costello, a Wayfair spokesperson.

If you can’t verify that a claim you’re seeing is true, it’s a good idea to hold off on sharing until more information has been reported. Remember to stop and ask yourself #isthislegit