Judicial Determination of the Provision of VPN Behavior

Abstract

The issue of a judicial determination of the act of providing Virtual Private Network software is currently a hot topic of discussion in the judicial practice as well as theoretical urgent, and research has found that many VPN providers have engaged in many illegal acts by taking advantage of loopholes in legislation and justice. The offshore network activities have been categorized as one major national security concern by many countries and VPN providers are surely among those potential criminals. Since the use of offshore networks may involve infringement of national security as well as national ideology, China has implemented restrictions on access to specific foreign networks. However, the reason behind its formation is that there is not yet a uniform interpretation and determination standard for the application of the relevant issues. Therefore, this article will propose a set of unified standards as well as legislative improvement suggestions through the analysis of the crimes involved.