Do looks matter? One graduate in China said "yes", and found himself afoul of the law.
外表很重要吗?一名中国大学毕业生回答“是的”,却发现自己触犯了法律。
Police detained a 25-year-old Tencent programmer in China,
近日,中国警方刑拘了一名25岁的腾讯程序员,
that's for stealing university data of his fellow students, including their photo IDs, to create a website ranking their attractiveness.
这是因为他窃取了大学同学们的数据,包括他们的照片信息,然后创建了一个网站,对他们的颜值进行排名。
Surnamed Ma, he's a graduate of Renmin University in Beijing, one of China's most prestigious universities.
该嫌犯姓马,毕业于中国最负盛名的大学之一--中国人民大学。
The platform includes students from the years 2014 to 2020.
据悉,马某创建的这一平台,里面收录了2014年至2020年的人大学生的信息。
An online post suggests it's been running for around three years.
网上的一篇帖子称,该平台已经运行了大约三年的时间。
It first came to light recently on the university's student discussion board.
这一事件最先是在人大的学生论坛上曝光的。
It soon ballooned into a trending topic with hundreds of millions of views on Weibo, a popular Chinese twitter-like platform.
它很快在微博--一个在中国流行的、类似推特的平台--上成为了一个热门话题,浏览量达到上亿次。
The university announced the next day it's working with police and investigating the incident.
中国人民大学第二天便宣布,正在与警方合作,调查这起事件。
Ma could face imprisonment of up to seven years.
马某可能面临最高7年的监禁。
The incident has sparked a renewed debate around private data, with some students calling on universities to do more.
这一事件也引发了关于个人隐私信息的新一轮热议,一些学生呼吁大学校园应采取更多措施。