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Re:Chinese Netizen Fined over 1M Yuan for Using VPN by bbarnett on Friday October 06, 2023 @03:35PM (#37795206)
What?! He did the work, likely diligently and with aplomb. He performed excellent work, in exchange for money.

And then a third party, the government, who had no part in this, took money from him. No matter how it was assessed, was a fine.

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Re:Chinese Netizen Fined over 1M Yuan for Using VPN by npteljes on Saturday October 07, 2023 @12:18PM (#37802986)
I disagree. I don't like the their govt rules, and I especially condemn their lack of rule of law and selective enforcement, but the fine is 200, and the rest is the confiscation of illegal earnings.

I do wonder where the employer is in this picture. Who are they? Do they not protect their employee? It's well known that VPN and GitHub is banned in China, did they make this netizen use the VPN and the illegal service knowingly? Did the netizen use these knowing it's illegal, or were they misled to believe they have legal access? Was the employee a remote contractor of sorts?

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