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Chinese programmer ordered to pay 1m yuan for using virtual private network (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 38 points 1 year ago

This isn't funny, but I chuckled at the comparetively ridiciously small fine put on top.

The police confiscated the 1.058m yuan (£120,651) Ma had earned as a software developer between September 2019 and November 2022, describing it as “illegal income”, as well as fining him 200 yuan (£23).

this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2023

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