Security News > 2021 > November > Yahoo becomes the next US firm to pull services out of China
Yahoo is pulling its services out of China, citing an 'increasingly challenging operating environment.
As Yahoo has already been undergoing a dramatic down-scale in China, announcing a total withdrawal is more of a symbolic move, signifying that the decision is final.
Yahoo had already shut its Beijing offices since 2015 and stopped offering music streaming and email services in China almost a decade ago.
With this news, starting on November 1, Internet users from mainland China are now barred from accessing any of Yahoo's services.
This shutting down of services in China includes the Yahoo news portals, the Internet search engine, the 'MyYahoo' web portal, the advertising platform, and the tech sites Engadget and TechCrunch, which are part of Yahoo.
Epic Games, the North Carolina-based video game developer behind 'Fortnite' has also announced they have begun the process of shutting down servers in China.