Community Report

This report covers actions we took on content that violated our Professional Community Policies and User Agreement for the six-month period between July 1 and December 31, 2020. It also summarizes requests to remove content based on copyright infringement claims. New in this report are some changes to how we organize content violations.

The first change is how we report “re-shared content.” Re-shared content is content posted by one member and shared on the platform by another.  This was previously categorized in our “spam and scams” section. Now we are categorizing re-shared content to its respective content violation category. As a result, this report reflects a decrease in reported “Spam and scam” content and a corresponding increase in other content categories, such as misinformation, hate speech, and violent or graphic content. The second change was broadening the “Harassment” category to include harassment and other abusive or uncivil content violations. This new category is now labeled “Harassment or Abusive.”

Fake accounts

LinkedIn is a place for real people to build a professional community. Our policies prohibit fake profiles and require that members are real people who represent themselves accurately and contribute authentically. 

Fake accounts detected and removed

Spam and scams

Spam and scams are not permitted on LinkedIn. By far, the most common type of inappropriate content we take action on is spam or scam content, which includes untargeted, irrelevant, and repetitive communications or invitations, often meant for financial gain.

Spam and scams detected and removed

Content removed