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Popular streamer can’t fly or take holidays after failing to pay US$7 million fine
Chinese court puts top streamer Haishi on blacklist
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This article originally appeared on ABACUS
The media loves stories about video games ruining lives.
So here’s another one: After failing to pay a US$7 million fine, a 21-year-old video game streamer in China has now been banned by a court from flying, buying properties, buying insurance or sending his future children to private schools.
Worse yet, he can be publicly shamed with broadcast of names and faces appearing on the giant screens on billboards, at bus stops and railway stations.
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Let's back it up a bit. Last year Haitao Jiang, who goes by Haishi online, made more than US$1.5 million by streaming himself playing video games.
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But he decided to tear up his contract with streaming platform Huya and joined rival Douyu. So naturally Huya filed a lawsuit against him, with the court recently ruling that he’s liable for a whopping US$7 million fine.
The court ruling came down in November, but by late December Haishi had yet to show up with the demanded amount. As a result, he was put on the national blacklist, known as the List of Dishonest Persons subject to Enforcement, by a Chinese court.
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