LinkedIn to Stop Offering Networking Services in China Due to Compliance

Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn said it would shut the version of its professional-networking site that operates in China, marking the end of the last major American social-media network operating openly in the country. LinkedIn, in a statement, said that it made the decision after “facing a significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China.”

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