It appears that LinkedIn has been blocked in China, after the professional social network became a platform for organizing anti-government protests. The report was first noted by Renmedia.
According to the WSJ article, protesters are moving from various social network sites, such as Twitter and LinkedIn, to organize protests as the Chinese government blocks these sites. We checked out access to LinkedIn on both WebsitePulse and JustPing and both sites indicate that LinkedIn is being blocked from cities in China. It also appears that Twitter is blocked as well.
Interestingly, former LinkedIn employee Surya Yalamanchili points out that one reason behind why China could be blocking LinkedIn is because many of its status updates have been published from Twitter.
We’ve contacted LinkedIn for comment on the matter.
UPDATE: Here’s the response we received from LinkedIn: We are aware of the reports of a disruption to our service for our members in China. We are looking into the situation now.
With over 100 million users representing over 200 countries around the world, LinkedIn is a fast-growing professional networking site that allows members to create business contacts, search for jobs, and find potential clients. Individuals have the ability to create their own professional profile that can be viewed by others in their network, and also view the profiles of their own contacts. Competitors to LinkedIn include sites such as XING, Doostang and Ecademy. Of note, LinkedIn won...
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