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Chinese programmer ordered to pay 1m yuan for using virtual private network
(www.theguardian.com)
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How is it misleading? Based on the info we have it seems accurate.
“Man’s income of 1m was confiscated due to using VPN for work’ would be accurate.
‘Man is fined 1m for using VPN’ is not.
There’s no evidence (yet) that someone will be fined this much by simply using vpn in China to browse otherwise banned sites.
Chinas court system isn't controlled by the people. Punishments in China can be whatever the party wants then to be
You're a troll.
I'm the troll? Ok I guess
You're just spewing nonsense that's factually wrong That's the definition of trolling, if you genuinely believe in it you're basically no different from qanon.
I’m not sure if I understand your point.
If you say their law sucks, their LE agency sucks, they freely interpret their laws in prosecution, etc. , I completely agree with you. But if you’re trying to say using vpn to browse internet in China can risk a big fine, which is what the title of the article is saying, I don’t think it’s accurate. News agency should state the facts, not their ill formed opinions.
It is saying that VPN use was the only excuse given by the authorities when he was "ordered to pay" them a large amount of money. While I don't know for certain that it's true, I still haven't seen anything here or elsewhere to contradict that.
You're just being pedantic... and calling this "simply evil" sounds like satire it's so extreme