Chinese Netizen Fined over 1M Yuan for Using VPN

Re:Chinese Netizen Fined over 1M Yuan for Using VPN by jolmg on Friday October 06, 2023 @03:24AM (#37788047)

> And where in the world do you think this would not be the case?

I think their point is precisely that this Chinese case might be more similar rather than different to the rest of the world.

> (such a fine of 100k is probably on the higher end for most places though)

In neither the Chinese case nor on the Swedish case does it seem to be a fine. It's rather a confiscation of illegal earnings, which is then followed by an actual fine.

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Re:Chinese Netizen Fined over 1M Yuan for Using VPN by throwaway10507 on Friday October 06, 2023 @05:43AM (#37788742)

Confiscation of owed income tax - sure. But the earnings? That's draconian. It's not illegal to work for foreign companies, even in China.

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