LinkedIn will leave China but a more welcome clone is on its way to Beijing
Microsoft, owner of the social network, has not given up on being present in the world of local job offers and will soon launch a new app, without feeds and shares
Photo: via Unsplash LinkedIn, Microsoft's platform for job search, will close its Chinese version, the same American company reported yesterday in a blog post. The company cited "a significantly more challenging operating environment and increased compliance requirements" demanded by Beijing as the main reasons leading to the decision to close in China.The platform claimed to have been successful "in 'helping Chinese members to find work and economic opportunities ", but that they have not found the same results" in the more social aspects of sharing and information ".
The proprietary service Microsoft was the last major US social network still officially operating in China. In fact, the country banned Signal and Clubhouse earlier this year. Facebook and Twitter have been blocked since 2009, while Instagram since 2014.
LinkedIn began operating in China that year, agreeing to comply with requests from the Beijing authorities to remove certain types of content posted by users. In recent months, however, China has introduced new limits to internet companies on content and customer privacy. The Chinese government has also said it wants the platforms to more actively promote the core values of socialism.
In March, the company blocked new Chinese users from signing up for thirty days while making sure they were complying with the laws of the Country. A couple of months later, China claimed 105 apps were violating data collection laws, including LinkedIn.
The Axios website last month reported that LinkedIn had blocked the profiles of several US journalists and academics that contained information considered sensitive on its Chinese platform. Furthermore, according to the BBC, the platform has been used by Chinese intelligence agencies as a recruiting tool.
Microsoft has no plans to withdraw completely from the Chinese job vacancy market. The company said it is working on a new independent app called InJobs that will not have a social feed or any way to share posts or articles. This would prevent the dissemination of content unwelcome to the government. InJobs will be launched in the coming months. The company founded by Bill Gates also operates in China with Bing. The search engine is in fact accessible even if through the so-called large firewall that filters the contents to be shown to users.
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