Kazakhstan restores access to LinkedIn after talks with firm
In neighbouring Russia, with which Kazakhstan has close political and economic ties, LinkedIn has been blocked since 2016 when Moscow said the company failed to transfer Russian user data to servers located in the country.
- Country:
- Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan said on Thursday it had restored access to Microsoft subsidiary LinkedIn's website, after briefly blocking it this week over what the Central Asian country's government said were online casino advertisements and fake accounts. The Ministry of Information and Social Development said in a statement it had held talks with LinkedIn representatives and the company had already removed the content deemed illegal by the Nur-Sultan government.
It is illegal to advertise online casinos in Kazakhstan. LinkedIn said this week it was investigating the issue, saying its own policies prohibited ads relating to gambling and fake profiles.
About 720,000 Kazakhs are LinkedIn members, according to Ukraine-based analytics firm Linked-Promo. In neighbouring Russia, with which Kazakhstan has close political and economic ties, LinkedIn has been blocked since 2016 when Moscow said the company failed to transfer Russian user data to servers located in the country.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
- READ MORE ON:
- Kazakhstan
- Microsoft
- Russia
- Nur-Sultan
- Ukraine
- Russian
- Moscow
- Asian
ALSO READ
Water level in Ural river in Russia's Orenburg rises 50 cm, news agencies report
Homes flooded after Ural River rises quickly in Russia's Orenburg
China's Xi meets with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov to bolster strategic partnership against Western pressure
Ukraine says it destroyed 14 of 17 drones launched by Russia
Floods swamp scores of settlements in Russia and Kazakhstan