Huggies Maker Shoots Down Batshit QAnon Claims

Media Matters reports:

A QAnon influencer who was reinstated on Twitter by Elon Musk caused a baseless conspiracy theory linking Huggies diapers and pedophilia to gain traction online, forcing the diaper company to publicly rebut it.

It is yet another case of Musk’s decision-making with Twitter harming the platform’s user base. The QAnon influencer known online as “Vincent Kennedy” was banned from Twitter following the January 6, 2021, insurrection.

However, the account was reinstated in January under Musk and received a checkmark by subscribing to Twitter Blue — meaning Twitter is making money off of the account and actively amplifying its posts.

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Cultists claim that the abstract squiggles seen on some Huggies products spell out “666” and represent pizza slices, which QAnon nutbags have long claimed are part of a secret code used by pedophiles. The Huggies claims are being spread widely on Truth Social and the tweet seen below has 5.3 million Twitter views at this writing. Some of the same people promoting the Huggies batshittery have previously claimed that the home goods outlet Wayfair ships live kidnapped children in their line of cabinets.

Once you truly awake you ain’t going back to sleep. pic.twitter.com/wXLPvzFsg6

— Vincent Kennedy (@VincentCrypt46) March 20, 2023

Kimberly-Clark and Huggies® take the safety and well-being of children seriously. Our products and its’ designs are in no way meant to represent anything other than fun and playful designs.

— Huggies® (@Huggies) March 20, 2023