Microsofts LinkedIn says : Dont say Tiananmen Square. China doesnt like it.

Date:
Mon, 05 Jul 2021 18:08:19 +0000

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It has been reported that, if you include the phrase Tiananmen Square to your LinkedIn profile you will get censored in China (by LinkedIn and their parent company, Microsoft) and get sent an email encouraging you to remove the phrase. Continue Reading

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It has been reported that, if you include the phrase Tiananmen Square to your LinkedIn profile you will get censored in China (by LinkedIn and their parent company, Microsoft) and get sent an email encouraging you to remove the phrase.

Check out this Tweet from Kevin Beaumont , who initially reported this:

A key portion from that email sent by Microsoft / LinkedIn:

due to the presence of prohibited content your profile and your public activity, such as your comments and items you share with your network, will not be made viewable in China

The email goes on to encourage the LinkedIn user to remove the reference to Tiananmen Square in order to be viewable in China.

We will work with you to minimize the impact and can review your profiles accessibility within China if you update the Skills & endorsements section of your profile .

A USA based computer company is censoring everyone (from any country) if they say Tiananmen Square.

Because China doesnt like it when people say Tiananmen Square.

When China says jump, Microsoft says how high?.

Now, to be fair, while this report has a good amount of supporting evidence and this action by Microsoft seems somewhat expected this needs to be confirmed.

With that in mind I have added the phrase Tiananmen Square to my LInkedIn profile in multiple places (including in my bio and my skills). What exactly a Tiananmen Square skill would be, who knows. But Im curious to see if that results in me receiving a similar notification from Microsoft.





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Link to news story: https://www.lunduke.com/2021/07/microsofts-linkedin-says-dont-say-tiananmen-sq uare-china-doesnt-like-it/


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