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LinkedIn’s Chinese app—In-Career—shut down in China. The U.S.-based social media network has struggled to grab a foothold in China. In-Career, told users three months ago, it will be discontinuing the service due to “fierce competition and a challenging macroeconomic climate.” But LinkedIn will still have a presence in China by assisting Chinese companies build their […]

LinkedIn is bidding farewell to China after discontinuing its China App: In-Career. But what led to this decision? Prosecutors said the mother of a U.S. sailor told her son, “You will get a job in the Chinese government one day,” to encourage him to deliver military secrets to China. Now he is facing multiple federal charges […]

Employment platform LinkedIn has announced it is slashing hundreds of jobs and phasing out its app in China as part of a “streamlining” process amid declining revenue. Ruiqi Chen, editor at LinkedIn News, announced the move on May 8, noting that the platform plans to reduce roles across its sales, operations, and support teams. LinkedIn will also […]

ROSEVILLE, Calif.—A Northern California man who confessed to killing his wife and three children was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole. Investigators in Placer County said Shankar Hangud, 55, confessed to killing his family members over the span of several days across two Northern California counties in October 2019, saying he couldn’t provide […]

HONG KONG—Yahoo Inc. is leaving the China market, suspending its services there as of Monday amid what it says is an “increasingly challenging” business and legal environment. Foreign technology firms have been pulling out or downsizing their operations in mainland China as a strict data privacy law specifying how companies collect and store data takes […]

Social networking platform LinkedIn is going offline in China. The company says that’s because it’s under growing pressure from Beijing’s censorship rules, so it’ll release a new app there instead. That app won’t allow individual users to share content.

LinkedIn becomes the latest U.S. social media platform to leave the Chinese market, an FDA panel votes on Moderna booster shots, and a medical expert for CNN says the network misrepresented a drug.

Thousands of John Deere workers go on strike. Why now, and what do they want? LinkedIn, the latest U.S. social media platform to leave the Chinese market, says it will shut down its Chinese version later this year. But it’s still going to offer a new site with limited functions. Several Big banks report results […]

LinkedIn has blocked several American journalists’ profiles in China, citing “prohibited content.” One of the profiles belongs to Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, a China reporter at news website Axios.

LinkedIn has blocked the profiles of some American journalists in China. The company says it’s over “prohibited content.” The United States stops a Chinese student from entering the country. He was sent back after arriving at an airport in Houston. It’s the fourth time it’s happened this year. Tensions persist between Australia and China. It’s […]

Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn said this week they had moved to secure the accounts of Afghan citizens to protect them against being targeted amid the Taliban‘s swift takeover of the country. Facebook has temporarily removed the ability for people to view or search the friends lists of accounts in Afghanistan, its security policy head Nathaniel Gleicher tweeted on Thursday. Gleicher also said the company had launched a “one-click tool” for users in Afghanistan to lock […]

LinkedIn has reinstated the account of mRNA technology inventor Dr. Robert Malone, who said his page was deleted after he made comments about mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

Dr. Robert Malone, who identifies himself as a pioneer of mRNA vaccines, said that LinkedIn recently deleted his account after he made comments about mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and questioned whether they’re appropriate to give to certain groups of people. “My business pays for linked in premium. I have been deleted,” Malone wrote on Twitter this week. […]

LinkedIn is censoring some China critics—including some staff members at The Epoch Times—by wiping out their presence in China.

LinkedIn makes some user content inaccessible within China. The professional social network says the new policy aims to respect local legal requirements. China’s young people are taking up a new attitude toward life: the do-nothing approach. It was born out of a desire not to be slaves to their paychecks, but Chinese authorities are trying […]

LinkedIn is apparently blocking access to some content for users in China. It’s in order to, as they call it, “respect legal requirements,” according to screenshots LinkedIn users posted on Twitter.