Microsoft shutting down Linkedin In China

Microsoft Shutting down its Social network Linkedin in China, saying having to comply with the chinese state has become increasingly challenging.

It comes after the career-networking site faced questions for blocking the profiles of some journalists.

Linkedin will launch a jobs-only version of the site, called in jobs, later this year.

But this will not include a social feed or the ability to share or post articles.

Linkedin senior vice-president Mohak Shroff. We are facing a significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China.

And the firm said in a statement: while we are going to sunset the localised version of Linkedin in China later this year, we will continue to have a strong presence in China to drive our new strategy and are excited to launch the new injobs app later this year.