Shanghai software engineer Lin Hai was sentenced to two years in prison for providing 30,000 collected Chinese email addresses to the overseas anti-communist digital journal "VIP Reference," becoming the first person in China to be imprisoned for internet-related activities.
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多伦多方脸
2026-09-27 10:04 · 多伦多方脸 发布了新视频：方脸说：中国互联网封禁史！中国人是如何一步步丧失言论自由的？中国人失去的也不仅是自由，还有纠错机制！
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维基百科：林海（软件工程师）
2026-10-09 16:07 · 1998年3月25日被捕，4月30日以煽动颠覆国家政权罪起诉。1999年1月20被判处有期徒刑2年，剥夺政治权利1年，没收个人财产1万元。
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CPJ: Jailed software entrepreneur was secretly freed
2026-10-09 16:07 · CPJ has confirmed the early release of Lin Hai, the Shanghai software entrepreneur who was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment on subversion charges in January 1999, for providing 30,000 e-mail addresses to VIP Reference
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Software Engineer Lin Hai Sentenced for Providing Email Addresses
1999.01.20 · Verified
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