Microsoft is shutting down the social network LinkedIn in China. The US technology company has to make this decision as it is becoming increasingly challenging to keep pace with China. The career-networking site recently faced questions for blocking the profiles of some journalists. And then this decision. This information was given in a report by BBC online.
LinkedIn will launch a site called In jobs later this year, which is just the job version. This does not include posting social feeds or shares or articles.
Mohawk Shroff, senior vice president of LinkedIn, said in a blog post, “We are experiencing a significantly more challenging operating environment in China and we need to get a lot more consensus on everything.” “We will close the current version in China later this year,” he said. But we will continue our strong presence in China. The new In jobs app will be launched. ‘
LinkedIn was the only major Western social media platform in China. It was launched in 2014 after the Chinese government agreed to abide by the rules and promised to be transparent about how they do business. However, the government disagreed with the censorship.
Recently, LinkedIn blacklisted the accounts of several journalists, including Melissa Chan and Greg Bruno, from its China-based website. Greg Bruno recently wrote a book on China’s treatment of Tibetan refugees. He said in a statement that he was not surprised that his book would not be liked by the Chinese socialist government, but that he was disappointed to see a US technology company accepting the foreign government’s demands.
In a letter to LinkedIn chief executive Ryan Rozlansky and Microsoft chief Satya Nadella, US Senator Rick Scott called the move a “appeasement and a surrender to communist China.” However, it is still difficult to say whether LinkedIn’s move was determined by pressure from China or the United States.
