Google have been banned in China since 2010, when they decided to leave the country after the Communist Party demanded censorship of search results.[1][141] although an attempt at establishing Google China was made.[141] Meta and Twitter have been banned in China since 2009.[141] Microsoft's LinkedIn has been blocked in Russia since 2016.[142] Russia also blocked access to Facebook and Twitter because of "disinformation" and "fake news" in 2022.[143]