{"id":823958,"date":"2021-09-28T13:14:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T17:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=823958"},"modified":"2021-09-28T13:14:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T17:14:03","slug":"linkedin-censors-us-reporters-account-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/linkedin-censors-us-reporters-account-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn Censors US Reporter\u2019s Account in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flinkedin-censors-us-reporters-account-in-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=823958&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"30.666666666667\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/\">Media<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Company locked China critic in the United Kingdom out of account in May<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1230537855-736x458-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1230537855-736x458.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1230537855-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1230537855-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1230537855-1536x956.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1230537855-2048x1275.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1230537855-1400x872.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tLONDON, ENGLAND &#8211; JANUARY  11: In this photo illustration, the LinkedIn app is seen on a mobile phone on January 11, 2021 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Edward Smith\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/santi-ruiz\/\" title=\"Posts by Santi Ruiz\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Santi Ruiz<\/a> \u2022 September 28, 2021 1:00 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"67.082346886258\">\n<p>LinkedIn on Tuesday censored a U.S. reporter&#8217;s account in China.<\/p>\n<p><em>Axios<\/em> reporter Beth Allen-Ebrahimian, who covers China, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BethanyAllenEbr\/status\/1442838821339639819?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/BethanyAllenEbr\/status\/1442838821339639819?s%3D20&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1632929611906000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGr40H3b68as6i_dW_LQCtUk40OVg\">tweeted<\/a>: &#8220;I woke up this morning to discover that LinkedIn had blocked my profile in China. I used to have to wait for Chinese govt censors, or censors employed by Chinese companies in China, to do this kind of thing. Now a U.S. company is paying its own employees to censor Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Allen-Ebrahimian included a screenshot of a message from LinkedIn warning her of the &#8220;presence of prohibited content located in the Summary section of your LinkedIn profile.&#8221; LinkedIn offered to &#8220;review your profile\u2019s accessibility within China if you update the Summary section of your profile.&#8221; It is unclear what content is prohibited, but her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ballenshuying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ballenshuying\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1632929611906000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFL1WybChh7i4qgbdyxZzyUKufvhw\">profile<\/a> highlights reporting on Chinese &#8220;influence operations&#8221; and &#8220;how China projects power and influence beyond its own borders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those influence operations have been successful with regards to LinkedIn, which aggressively scrubs accounts in China for posting words the Chinese regime finds objectionable. In May, LinkedIn <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/in-unprecedented-move-linkedin-censors-uk-based-china-critic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/in-unprecedented-move-linkedin-censors-uk-based-china-critic\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1632929611906000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGJI7muXl6jEC4pNVqceM_ZhgP4ZA\">locked<\/a> a United Kingdom national out of his account for calling China an &#8220;oppressive dictatorship.&#8221; LinkedIn is the only major American social media network to operate in China.<\/p>\n<p>Allen-Ebrahimian <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BethanyAllenEbr\/status\/1442845941661319171?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/BethanyAllenEbr\/status\/1442845941661319171?s%3D20&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1632929611906000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEY-riL21rMW8iF2bLPvRIz1zbIFA\">described<\/a> LinkedIn\u2019s email to her as &#8220;a free self-censorship consulting service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn\u2019s parent company, Microsoft, has maintained a friendly relationship with China despite being the target of Chinese hacks. In March, Chinese bureaucrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/18\/technology\/china-linkedin-censorship.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/18\/technology\/china-linkedin-censorship.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1632929611906000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHEzxBK033JcgvUvW64RjCk9El9kA\">directed<\/a> LinkedIn to perform a &#8220;self-evaluation&#8221; and tighten its censorship capabilities. LinkedIn complied even after a major hack by Chinese agents targeted millions of Microsoft email users. In September 2020, Microsoft president Brad Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-09-08\/microsoft-says-trump-is-treating-huawei-unfairly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-09-08\/microsoft-says-trump-is-treating-huawei-unfairly&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1632929611906000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG4P9Z_YB15n8fPzv_6dSsNIyxPdg\">defended<\/a> Chinese tech giant Huawei from criticism that it endangered American national security.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Company locked China critic in the United Kingdom out of account in May  LONDON, ENGLAND &#8211; JANUARY 11: In this photo illustration, the LinkedIn app &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-823958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}