LinkedIn censors US journalist on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party over 'prohibited' content, offers to 'help' her make her profile CCP-approved

"U.S. company LinkedIn now works as a censor on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party, blocking my Axios colleague's profile because of her critical reporting on the CCP," Axios reporter Jonathan Swan tweeted this week.

With the tweet, Swan hoped to raise awareness about the alarming censorship activity going on at LinkedIn, a popular business networking platform owned by Microsoft, in specific reference to colleague his Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian.

What are the details?

Allen-Ebrahimian, who works for Axios as a China reporter, was notified by the platform on Tuesday that her account had been blocked in China over undisclosed "prohibited content" in the summary section of her profile.