Dressed in revealing clothing, some were visibly nervous; others appeared calm as nearby pimps watched over them like hawks.
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Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
What was once an eye-catching clique of wayward teens bathed in purple hues has metamorphosed into a barren hellscape rife with drug-smuggling cartels, pistol-packin’ pimps, sugar daddies with mummification kinks and online streamers.
The past several decades of technology policy have been treated as a narrow technical affair, the domain of scientists, industry CEOs, procurers, and lawyers.
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