Tech
Yahoo ditches China for good
Yahoo has withdrawn its services from China, making it the second Western tech brand to leave the country
Yahoo says it has become “increasingly challenging” to operate within China which has a difficult business and legal environment.
The services have been unavailable in mainland China since November 1.
“In recognition of the increasingly challenging business and legal environment in China, Yahoo’s suite of services will no longer be accessible from mainland China as of November 1,”
Yahoo said in a statement.
This comes only a month after Microsoft removed access to LinkedIn within the country, citing similar concerns with the operating environment within the communist nation.
LinkedIn cited “more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China”.
The recent departures of the tech firms illustrate the changing operating environments within China
Chinese companies have replaced the platforms creating an alternative internet that follows the rules of censoring content and keywords that the government requires from them.
‘The Baidu’ search engine has largely replaced Yahoo and Google in China, and WeChat and Weibo are the leading social media platforms as apps like Facebook remain unusable within the nation.