After the vector pro-democracy campaign in a line inspired by the "jasmine revolution" of Tunisia, the American site LinkedIn, a professional social network on the Internet, announced Friday, February 25 to be inaccessible within China. "It seems to be part of an operation (censorship) is wider now underway in China and also for other sites," said Hani Durzy, spokesman for the company.
A call over the Internet, inspired by the protests in the Arab world, invited the Chinese to gather every Sunday in thirteen cities to demand more open government and freedom of expression. "I'm pretty sure that [LinkedIn] has been blocked because it contained a lot of messages on invitations to events," said Jeremy Goldkorn, editor of the news website Danwei, which is also blocked by the censors.
Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pleaded for freedom on the Internet, claiming that countries that censor the Internet might suffer a backlash. "Those who suppress freedom on the Internet may come to prevent the full expression of the aspirations of their people for a while but not forever," she warned.
Clinton cited China, Cuba, Iran, Burma, Syria and Vietnam among the countries affected by such restrictions. 
A call over the Internet, inspired by the protests in the Arab world, invited the Chinese to gather every Sunday in thirteen cities to demand more open government and freedom of expression. "I'm pretty sure that [LinkedIn] has been blocked because it contained a lot of messages on invitations to events," said Jeremy Goldkorn, editor of the news website Danwei, which is also blocked by the censors.
Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pleaded for freedom on the Internet, claiming that countries that censor the Internet might suffer a backlash. "Those who suppress freedom on the Internet may come to prevent the full expression of the aspirations of their people for a while but not forever," she warned.
Clinton cited China, Cuba, Iran, Burma, Syria and Vietnam among the countries affected by such restrictions.
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