Business Networking Site LinkedIn has launched a Chinese version, attempting to tap the huge market while navigating a strict censorship regime that has seen other foreign social media giants banned.
China has the world's largest online community with more than 618 million users. But its so-called Great Firewall blocks any online forums or content deemed sensitive, and it has barred access to Facebook and Twitter for several years
LinkedIn targets working professionals on the job market, said it was targeting more than 140 million Chinese users -- nearly half its existing 277 million global members.
LinkedIn's English-language version has been available in China for more than a decade, where it has attracted four million users
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner said in a statement on its website on Sunday Feb 23,2014
''As a condition for operating in the country, the government of China imposes censorship requirements on Internet platforms''
''Govt restrictions on content will be implemented only when and to the extent required" and that it "
"LinkedIn strongly supports freedom of expression and fundamentally disagrees with government censorship. At the same time, we also believe that LinkedIn's absence in China would deny Chinese professionals a means to connect with others on our global platform ''
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