Microsoft shutting down LinkedIn in China amid censorship rules Business Standard News


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Microsoft is shutting down its LinkedIn service in China later this year after censorship rules were tightened by Beijing. The company said in a blog post Thursday it has faced a significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China. LinkedIn will replace its localized platform in China with a new app called InJobs that has some of LinkedIn's career-networking features but will not include a social feed or the ability to share posts or articles. China's internet watchdog in May said it had found LinkedIn as well as Microsoft's Bign search engine and about 100 other apps...