Community Report

This report describes actions we take on content that violates our Professional Community Policies and User Agreement. It also shows how many requests we receive to remove content based on copyright infringement claims. It covers the six-month period between January 1 and June 30, 2020.

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.

In this reporting period, we successfully stopped a large-scale attack that was designed to create millions of fake accounts. We continue our investment in strong manual and automated defenses to protect members.

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.

In this reporting period, we invested in educating our members on how to report content, and saw a big increase in spam and scam flags, though we continue to catch the bulk of this content before members encounter it.

Spam and scams detected and removed

Content removed