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https://scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2109618/man-jailed-selling-vpns-evade-chinas-great-firewall
China/ Politics

Man jailed for selling VPNs to evade China’s ‘Great Firewall’

Fears among some VPN users on the mainland over whether they will also face punishment for using the services to get round internet censorship

Internet sites routinely blocked in mainland China include Facebook and Twitter. Photo: SCMP Pictures

A man has been sentenced to nine months in jail for selling virtual private networks to circumvent internet censorship, amid Beijing’s tightening crackdown on ways to get around its “Great Firewall”.

Deng Jiewei, a 26-year-old from Dongguan in Guangdong province, was convicted of “providing software and tools for invading and illegally controlling the computer information system”, according to court documents posted on a website run by the Supreme People’s Court.