王欣 rose to fame as the founder of
快播 (QVOD), a video streaming service that became China's most popular way to watch pirated content before being shut down in 2014. His 2016 trial was livestreamed and produced the viral line '
技术无罪' ('technology is not guilty'). After a 3.5-year sentence he returned to tech with the social app
马桶MT.
