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2024-04-13 12:18:08 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C9E50D8B498F19FDB0E6FC4E22FB3F3E8FF0FA9CECDC38BBD7B66E0C2BFE8E8D
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The tweet context is misleading, the real context is in the article. The man was arrested on suspicion of selling illegally modified Pokémon save data to customers online — a practice which is banned under the country’s 2019 Unfair Competition Prevention Act. https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3629 https://www.ign.com/articles/japanese-police-arrest-36-year-old-man-on-suspicion-of-tampering-with-pokemon-violet-save-data
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