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I’m confused — why can’t the sex workers just claim to be independent masseuses or something else innocuous like that?

Lying to your payment processor about what you really sell typically always ends up in the same way. They catch up with you and your account is terminated.

Ask all those CBDs sellers that pretended they were selling "supplements", takes a while but eventually.. all shut down.

Meanwhile, there are places in the world where CBD oil can be found in a supermarket, among other supplements.

Why can't drug dealers claim to sell recreational tea products?

Why can't hitmen claim to be bespoke pest exterminators?

OK, so I don't know about the hitmen thing, but there's been plenty of news stories about "independent masseuses" and "incense", "bath salts", etc.

People do stuff like this. I too wonder how they get away with it for as long as they do.

It's totally a solution on an individual level, if not a long term solution. It's just not a solution at the societal level.

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