Nearly seven years after its launch, Microsoft is shutting down LinkedIn in China, signaling the end of the last major US-owned social network in the country as Chinese authorities tighten their grip on the internet. In 2014, the platform moved into China, noting that it would have to censor some of the content users posted on its website in order to comply with Chinese regulations. LinkedIn suspended new sign-ups in China in March, citing a desire to comply with Chinese regulations. It was one of 105 apps accused by China’s top internet regulator of illegally gathering and utilizing personal information…