A viral online rumor is spreading like wildfire, claiming that Etsy is unwittingly being used as a hub for child porn and child trafficking. It's a very serious accusation, so we want to share the information with you and allow you to draw your own conclusions. The author, Liz Crokin, provided a lot of detailed information on the topic. Here's what she had to say:

IS CHILD TRAFFICKING TAKING PLACE ON ETSY?

There are a lot of suspicious listings on Etsy that have people wondering if child porn or children are for sale for sex on the e-commerce site.

For example, there is a "picture of a pizza" listed for sale for $9,000 and the listing reads "delivery instant download." In that photo, there is also a cell phone strategically placed in the pizza box. (See below along with other suspicious listings.)

It's been well-established that pizza is a pedophile code — via the FBI, DOJ, other law enforcement documents and mainstream media articles such as the Wall Street Journal report from earlier this year — which makes these listings extra alarming. Also, authorities have been able to bust many pedophiles because they used pizza as a pedophile code in an attempt to arrange to rape a child or to exchange child porn.