CLAIM: Listings on Etsy selling downloads of pizza photos for thousands of dollars are just a disguise for pedaling child pornography.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Etsy investigated the claims and found them baseless, a representative said. While no threat to child safety was established, the posts were removed from the online marketplace because they did not appear legitimate and had what seemed to be unreasonably high prices.

THE FACTS: The listings appeared as the years-old conspiracy theory known as “pizzagate,” which posits that Democrats were harboring child sex slaves in a Washington, D.C., pizza parlor, has had a resurgence on social media.

Screenshots of a variety of listings from different accounts have been shared online, appearing to show digital image downloads being sold for thousands of dollars each, such as a close-up of a cheese pizza or a winking girl about to eat a pizza slice. As of Thursday, the listings had been removed from Etsy.

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Many posts did not outright claim that the listings proved Etsy is party to illicit activities, instead hinting at a connection to those familiar with the “pizzagate” theory.

“Well, isn’t it weird, this is coming around again,” a man in a TikTok video says as screenshots of the listings appear behind him. “And remember what they told you last time, that it was just such a theory? And that how could you possibly believe pizza was related to this? How stupid. Hmm. Pretty pricey though.”

As of Thursday, the video...

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