My Appeal to LinkedIn to Restore My Account

Two days ago, @LinkedIn restricted my account for “sharing of inappropriate content related to hate speech,” something they have done to many outspoken people I respect, including me, before.

Yesterday, LinkedIn sent me the reasons why: four posts I made that violated their user agreement. These are the four posts and my appeal to LinkedIn to restore my account, which they did today.

None of my posts contained hate speech. Post #4 is a quote from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I am sharing here to hold LinkedIn to account and because I believe this will happen to many of us. DM me if you want to discuss.

Hi Raphael,

I believe LinkedIn’s restriction of my account was made in error, and am appealing your decision by responding to your email with the information requested below:

• why I believe the restriction was incorrect.

• sources or materials that support my position.

Quite honestly, I am perplexed that you, whose job it is to assess whether content violates LI user agreement, cannot distinguish between hate speech and speech holding people engaged in hate speech to account.

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