A screenshot of a purported news report spread on Twitter connecting the 'Toy Story' actor to crimes featuring children, without evidence.
are involved in a secret child abuse ring, prompting the debunked"Pizzagate" theory that went viral in 2016.were all falsely said to have been investigating child sex rings before they died, a pattern of storytelling that has emerged online following the deaths of famous figures.Tom Hanks has not been arrested for the crimes alleged in the tweet. The image the claim is based on is sourced from a fabricated article made to appear as if it had been published by the British broadcaster.
The BBC has previously confirmed it has not published the story and there is no evidence that Hanks is tied to child abuse. The baseless rumor is thought to stem from QAnon conspiracy theories that link celebrities and other public figures to an underground cabal of child abusers.
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