Content Moderation Case Study: Linkedin Blocks Access To Journalist Profiles In China (2021)
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211027/15251447833/content-moderation-case-study-linkedin-blocks-access-to-journalist-profiles-china-2021.shtml
Summary: A major challenge for global internet companies is figuring how to deal with different rules and regulations within different countries. This has proven especially difficult for internet companies looking to operate in China — a country in which many of the most popular global websites are blocked.
In 2015, there was an article highlighting how companies like Evernote and LinkedIn had avoided getting blocked in China, mainly by complying with the Chinese government’s demands that they moderate certain content. In that article, LinkedIn’s then-CEO Jeff Weiner noted: