LinkedIn has pulled out of China after failing to make room for itself in the country's tightly regulated and censored social media market. "Our new strategy for China is to put our focus on helping China-based professionals find jobs in China and Chinese companies find quality candidates," Mohak Shroff, Linkedin's Senior Vice President, said in a blog post announcing the platform's withdrawal from China. In place of LinkedIn, the company said that it will be launching a new app called InJobs later this year. Foreign and domestic technology firms have been facing increasing scrutiny by the Chinese government through lawsuits, penal actions, content takedown requests, and so on. Linkedin was the only major foreign social media platform operating in China where the company said that it had its third-largest user base. Why is Microsoft shutting down LinkedIn in China? In its post, Microsoft said that it found a "significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China." It also said that while it had found significant success in helping Chinese businesses and professionals find opportunities, it did not find the same in "the more social aspects of sharing and staying informed". The replacement 'inJobs' app, while facilitating job searches, will not have a social news feed or other features to share articles or posts. Last year, a Chinese intelligence agent had testified to an American court about using Linkedin to find contacts. In 2017, Germany's intelligence agency said Chinese agents had used LinkedIn to target at least 10,000 Germans. Censorship…
