Education Authorities in Inner Mongolia and Elsewhere Publish Articles Saying College Students' Use of VPNs Is Illegal and Requiring Them to Rely Only on State Media

Recently, the official government account of the Inner Mongolia Department of Education, the Low-Altitude College of Chongqing Hailian Vocational and Technical College, and the Student Affairs Department of Changzhi Medical College successively published articles with the same title, claiming that circumventing the Great Firewall is illegal regardless of motivation or duration, and may bring consequences such as a criminal record and elimination during political vetting, while requiring students to obtain information through official media such as CCTV.

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李老师不是你老师

2026-10-25 07:16 · 内蒙古教育厅、重庆海联职院、长治医学院等教育机构先后转载同题文章，称大学生翻墙无论动机时长均属违法，可能留下刑事案底，要求学生只通过央视官媒获取资讯。

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李老师不是你老师

2026-10-25 23:16 · 9月至10月，新疆农业职业技术大学、内蒙古大学、林州建筑职业技术学院、广西大学土木建筑工程学院等高校官网陆续发布同题反翻墙宣传文章，称翻墙不是自由而是违法高危操作，要求学生只从央视官媒获取资讯。

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Sayings · 2026-10-25 23:01 From September to October, the official websites of Xinjiang Agricultural Vocational and Technical University, Inner Mongolia University, Linzhou Construction Vocational and Technical College, the School of Civil Engineering and Architecture of Guangxi University, and other universities successively published anti-circumvention propaganda articles under the same title, claiming that circumventing the Great Firewall is not freedom but a high-risk illegal operation, and demanding that students obtain information only from official state media such as CCTV.

Sayings · 2026-10-25 07:01 Education authorities in Inner Mongolia, Chongqing Hailian Vocational College, Changzhi Medical College and other institutions successively reposted an article under the same title, claiming that students circumventing the Great Firewall is illegal regardless of motive or duration, may leave a criminal record, and requiring students to get their news only through official state media such as CCTV.

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