On Friday morning, LinkedIn was inaccessible from Beijing, producing an error message. Linkedin confirmed via email that the site has been blocked for some users in China. "This appears to be part of a broader effort in China going on right now, involving other sites as well," said Hani Durzy, a Linkedin spokesman.

Internet censorship is prevalent in China. Content and websites deemed politically sensitive are routinely taken down or blocked. But in the past several weeks, government censorship has grown more restrictive following mass protests in the Middle East that have toppled governments there. The term "Jasmine Revolution" refers to the pro-democratic movement that began in Tunisia last December and spread to other Middle Eastern countries.

Calls on the Internet for China to stage their own began last week.

Chinese government censors, however, were quick to prevent any mention of the term from spreading far. This past weekend, the term "Jasmine Revolution" was blocked in searches on Chinese microblog sites. Users were also barred from posting information using the term on Chinese social networking sites like Renren.com.

Mention of the Jasmine Revolution has also begun appearing on LinkedIn. One user with the screen name "Jasmine Z" expressed their opinion on the potential for revolution in China via posts on the site.