{"id":353715,"date":"2021-10-14T18:18:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T15:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/microsoft-kills-linkedin-china-after-censoring-posts\/"},"modified":"2021-10-14T18:18:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T15:18:24","slug":"microsoft-kills-linkedin-china-after-censoring-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/microsoft-kills-linkedin-china-after-censoring-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"#Microsoft kills LinkedIn China after censoring posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Microsoft kills LinkedIn China after censoring posts<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/linkedin-09-1.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Microsoft is shutting down the Chinese version of LinkedIn after facing scrutiny for censoring academics and journalists at the behest of the Chinese government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn China will be replaced with a standalone product called \u201cInJobs\u201d that\u2019s separate from LinkedIn, the company said Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Head of engineering Mohak Shroff <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.linkedin.com\/2021\/october\/14\/china-sunset-of-localized-version-of-linkedin-and-launch-of-new-injobs-app\">said in a blog post<\/a> that \u201ca significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China\u201d contributed to the decision to can LinkedIn China.<\/p>\n<p>The move marks the end of the last major American <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> network officially operating in China and comes as LinkedIn faces growing scrutiny over its compliance with Chinese government censors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In September, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/linkedin-blocks-us-journalists-profiles-in-china-22fcefd4-5bc1-490b-a448-b4f9b05e9566.html\">Axios reported<\/a> that LinkedIn blocked Chinese users from viewing the profiles of several US journalists who have written critically about the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>And in June, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/academics-bristle-over-linkedin-blocking-their-profiles-in-china-11624366667\">the Wall Street Journal reported<\/a> that LinkedIn had censored profiles or posts from at least 11 academics, journalists and political staffers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn said the moves were required to adhere to Chinese government rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s new Chinese product, InJobs, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears to be designed to minimize controversy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Glad to see this. Microsoft finally realized that if it chose to stay in China, there would be no end to the groveling and complicity in censorship, and it&#8217;s better just cut the losses and exit. I hope this will prompt reckoning in other foreign companies.<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/akgFx6rLu7\">https:\/\/t.co\/akgFx6rLu7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yaqiu Wang \u738b\u4e9a\u79cb (@Yaqiu) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yaqiu\/status\/1448656089491259394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The new site will not include a social feed or the ability to share posts or articles, the company said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur new strategy for China is to put our focus on helping China-based professionals find jobs in China and Chinese companies find quality candidates,\u201d wrote Shroff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yaqiu Wang, a senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch, praised the decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMicrosoft finally realized that if it chose to stay in China, there would be no end to the groveling and complicity in censorship, and it\u2019s better just cut the losses and exit,\u201d the researcher <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yaqiu\/status\/1448656089491259394\">wrote on Twitter<\/a>.\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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