Published 3 years ago

LinkedIn blocks profiles from view in China if sensitive topics mentioned

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Networking site tells users that references to Tiananmen Square, even as academic study, are prohibited content. LinkedIn is one of the few western social media platforms allowed to operate inside China. The internet and tech companies are heavily regulated in the country and censorship is rife under increasingly authoritarian rule.

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LinkedIn blocks profiles from view in China if sensitive topics mentioned

Networking site tells users that references to Tiananmen Square, even as academic study, are prohibited contentLinkedIn is blocking profiles from being viewed inside China if they mention politically sensitive topics such as the Tiananmen Square massacre, including benign references to academic study.In recent weeks, the professional networking site has written to several China analysts, alerting them to “prohibited content” on their profile pag…

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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