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Microsoft to shut down LinkedIn in China

By Staff Writer on Oct 15, 2021 6:45AM
Microsoft to shut down LinkedIn in China

Will introduce jobs-only version of the platform later this year.

Microsoft is pulling the plug on LinkedIn in China nearly seven years after its launch and will replace it with a stripped-down version of the platform that would focus only on jobs. LinkedIn is the only major US-owned social network operating in the country, where the government requires such ...

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