LinkedIn Blocks Some User Profiles in China – Voice of America

Journalists who cover China have been receiving notices from the networking site LinkedIn, informing them that their profiles are no longer accessible in China. In a message to Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, LinkedIn said the block was in place because of “prohibited content” in the summary section of her profile page. The journalist covers China for the news website Axios. Allen-Ebrahimian, who shared a copy of the message with VOA, said LinkedIn did not state what posts or details on her profile were deemed prohibited. When the journalist shared details of the message on her Twitter feed on Tuesday, other journalists and writers said they had received similar notices. Melissa Chan, a reporter with German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle, said she also received a message on Tuesday, with LinkedIn saying her profile had been blocked because of “prohibited content located in the Publication section.” And author Greg Bruno said on Twitter that his LinkedIn profile had also been blocked. In a tweet, he said the only item listed under publications on his profile was his book on Tibet, Blessings from Beijing: Inside China’s Soft-Power War on Tibet. In its messages to the journalists, LinkedIn said it would try to minimize the impact…
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