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淘宝今日发布公告将禁止虚拟专用网络（VPN）和上流行的IP代理的销售。淘宝网已经在搜索中全面删除了VPN这个关键词的商品，在淘宝网使用VPN为关键字进行搜索，提示的信息是“很抱歉，没有找到与‘VPN’相关的宝贝”。
许多网民使用各种VPN和代理服务器回避了长城防火墙（GFW）的监管，访问较敏感和社会媒体网站（如Twitter, Facebook），在去年淘宝曾经做过类似举动，但后来又不了了之，VPN的销售开始泛滥。而且一些国内VPN服务商会通过Google Adsense来传播它们（我博客的adsense广告曾经就出现过），关闭淘宝上的代理和VPN服务是一种更快捷的方式。
淘宝公告原文如下：
接 有关部门通知，VPN软件涉及境外网站非法访问，与翻墙、破网类软件同属禁售品，淘宝网不允许出售相关商品。目前VPN禁售品包括VPN国内与国外的代理 （包括游戏），IP代理、VPN软件等，都在管控范围之内，请广大卖家停止销售并且下架、删除相关VPN商品。 同时我们欢迎广大会员积极对各类违禁商品进行举报，我们将在第一时间予以处理。 感谢您对淘宝网的支持与配合，淘宝网因您而更加精彩！ 淘宝网
Taobao Bans Sale of VPN, Proxy Services
Taobao, China’s biggest e-commerce platforms, is banning the sale of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and IP proxies on its popular C2C shopping site. Various VPNs and proxy servers are used by some Chinese netizens to ‘jump over the wall’ – ie: evade the massive Great Firewall (GFW) which blocks so many politically sensitive and social media sites.
In a rough translation, Taobao’s official notice on this crackdown reads:
Dear users,
This is a notice to those it might concern: VPN software, or any service that helps to access overseas sites, to jump over the wall, is prohibited from sale on Taobao. Now banned products include VPNs – domestic or foreign (including games) – IP proxies, and VPN software. All those are covered in the new restrictions, so please remove the relevant VPN products from your stores.
We encourage members to report all types of contraband/illegal goods. We will deal with your concerns promptly.
Thank you for your support and cooperation of/with Taobao. Taobao is more exciting because of you!
Well, Taobao is now more restrictive – rather than “exciting” – because of this new edict. In recent years, some homegrown VPN services have popped up, and have been spreading their word via Google ads. Some had been using Taobao as a convenient way to let users pay up, since Taobao’s online payment method, Alipay, is so ubiquitous. But now that has been ceased.
Sources / 来源:
Penn Olson
南方日报