‘We’re also facing a significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China,’ Microsoft says.
LinkedIn’s seven-year effort to operate in China—a country notorious for online censorship—is coming to an end later this year. On Thursday, the Microsoft-owned site announced it was closing the Chinese version of Linkedin, citing factors including the country’s strict regulations on content moderation. “We’re also facing a significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China,” says LinkedIn’s VP of Engineering, Mohak Shroff. The site operated as a dedicated place for Chinese users to access LinkedIn’s global platform. But under China’s regulations, LinkedIn must comply with censoring content and terminating user accounts if the government demands it.
