Account & Service Control · Company practice
LinkedIn may disable or terminate accounts or groups that infringe, repeatedly infringe or post unlawful content
LinkedIn states that its policy, in appropriate circumstances and in its discretion, is to disable and/or terminate the accounts of Members, or groups, that infringe or repeatedly infringe the rights of others or otherwise post unlawful content. The decision rests on LinkedIn’s discretion; the policy sets no fixed number of violations or warning step.
Details
- Who
- What it does
- Disable and/or terminate accounts
- What it covers
- Accounts of Members, or groups
- Condition
- In appropriate circumstances and in LinkedIn’s discretion; for infringing, repeat infringing or otherwise unlawful content
Supporting quotations
It is also our policy, in appropriate circumstances and in our discretion, to disable and/or terminate the accounts of Members, or groups as the case may be, who infringe or repeatedly infringe the rights of others or otherwise post unlawful content.
Qualifications & exceptions
- Applies "in appropriate circumstances and in our discretion"; a single infringement can qualify, not only repeat infringement.
Not stated here
- The policy does not define "appropriate circumstances," the number of violations that triggers termination, or any appeal route.