Ba wani sirri ba ne cewa China tana da wasu tsauraran dokoki kan intanet a duniya. Gwamnatin China ta ƙirƙiro fiye da ƙa'idoji 60 na intanet, waɗanda rassan hukumomin intanet na gwamnati, kamfanoni, da ƙungiyoyi na larduna suka aiwatar.
'Yan ƙasa a China galibi suna amfani da VPN (Virtual Private Network) da ayyukan Proxy don kauce wa sanannen Great Firewall na ƙasar, wanda aka fi sani da aikin Golden Shield, wanda ke amfani da dabaru daban-daban don toshe intanet a ƙasar. VPN yana taimaka wa 'yan ƙasar China su ɓoye zirga-zirgar intanet ɗinsu da kuma tura ta ta hanyar haɗin yanar gizo mai nisa don su iya ɓoye asalinsu da bayanan wurinsu yayin da suke shiga gidajen yanar gizo waɗanda galibi ƙasar ke takaitawa ko kuma takura musu.
A farkon wannan shekarar, don ƙarfafa dokar ƙasar da tsaron sararin samaniya, Ma'aikatar Masana'antu da Fasahar Sadarwa ta China (MIIT) ta ba da sanarwar dakatar da ayyukan VPN "mara izini", wanda ya sa ya zama tilas ga kamfanoni su sami lasisin da ya dace daga gwamnati don suyi aiki a kasar. An ko da ya sanar da m tarar da azãba ga wadanda suka sami damar Intanit ta amfani da VPNs waje da Great Firewall. Hukumomi kuma sanar cewa za su kaddamar da wani 14-watanni-dogon hadewa yakin neman dauki saukar da duk mara izini VPN azurtawa.
Ba da daɗewa ba, an yanke wa wani mutum a kudancin China hukuncin shekara biyar da rabi a kurkuku don sayar da sabis na VPN mara lasisi daga 2013 har zuwa wannan Yuni wanda ya taimaka wa dubban masu amfani da shi ta hanyar ƙaura zuwa Firewall ba da izinin doka ba.
Mutumin mai suna Wu Xiangyang, daga yankin Guangxi Zhuang mai cin gashin kansa, an kuma ci shi tarar yuan 500,000 ($ 76,405) - adadin da ya yi daidai da ribar da ya samu tun fara aikin VPN shekaru hudu da suka gabata, a cewar wani rahoto a jaridar kasar China m ofishin. An yanke wa mutumin hukuncin da laifin tattara "kudaden shiga ba bisa ka'ida ba" na yuan 792,638 ($ 120,500) daga kasuwancin da ba shi da lasisi.
Wannan ya ba na farko hukuncin sanya a kasar Sin domin sayar da mai VPN sabis ba tare da rike wani dace lasisi. A watan Maris na wannan shekara, wani Sin jama'a, Deng Jiewei, aka kuma yanke masa hukuncin watanni tara a gidan yari tare da tarar 5,000 yuan, saboda sayar da mara izini VPNs a kan shafin yanar.
Domin cimma nasarar dakile wannan matsala, manyan kamfanonin fasaha kamar Apple da Amazon suma sun matsa lamba don takaita damar da abokan cinikinsu ke samu daga amfani da kayan aikin a China. A watan Yulin 2017, Apple ta cire manhajojin VPN guda goma daga manhajar App Store ta kasar Sin.
