{"id":235495,"date":"2021-11-02T18:26:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T01:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=235495"},"modified":"2022-09-09T18:11:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T01:11:11","slug":"yahoo-fortnite-leave-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2021\/11\/yahoo-fortnite-leave-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Yahoo, Fortnite Leave China"},"content":{"rendered":"
Yahoo has withdrawn from China, making it the latest in a host of foreign companies that have abandoned the country. Yahoo attributed its decision to the \u201cincreasingly challenging business and legal environment” in China. The language of that statement mirrored one that LinkedIn issued to announce its partial withdrawal in October<\/a>, which it blamed on \u201ca significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements.\u201d At The Wall Street Journal, Liza Lin reported on Yahoo\u2019s decision to end its businesses in China<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n Yahoo\u2019s China departure was largely symbolic, as the company had already begun shutting down its main services such as email, news and community services in China starting in 2013. Still, Yahoo\u2019s exit is a reminder of the increasing challenges foreign companies face in operating in China, including tighter data security and privacy regulation, geopolitical tensions and tough Covid-19-related rules.<\/p>\n [\u2026] On Tuesday, Chinese internet users browsing websites run by Yahoo such as AOL.com, and media outlets TechCrunch and Engadget, were told that Yahoo\u2019s services will no longer be accessible from mainland China. Chinese users of apps such as Yahoo Weather also received prompts beginning in October that the apps would be discontinued from Monday.<\/p>\n In addition, Applecensorship.com, a website run by anonymous anticensorship activist group GreatFire, showed other Yahoo apps such as Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Mail had been unavailable on Apple\u2019s China app store as early as Oct 14. The company\u2019s platforms aren\u2019t widely used by regular Chinese citizens. [Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 2\/ Such as Yahoo-owned media outlets https:\/\/t.co\/FDLQcOpuJJ<\/a>, https:\/\/t.co\/NVQ44lwtA4<\/a>, AOL. All the websites show this message when you try and access it from inside China pic.twitter.com\/q4xXyJSgqw<\/a><\/p>\n — Liza Lin (@lizalinwsj) November 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n