Posted on 08/19/23
| News Source: JPost
LinkedIn, a social media site used for professional networking, has been accused by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) of failing to remove antisemitic content and false information about Israel.
UKFLI contacted LinkedIn about their failure to address anti-Israel and antisemitic content on the site after an individual who was concerned about the unchallenged antisemitism on the platform reached out to UKLFI.
The individual reported that LinkedIn had removed two images of “Jews as pigs” but a third image depicting a face with the message “Jews/Zionists are pigs say the Qur’an” was not removed. When the user reported the content, LinkedIn responded that it didn’t breach their policies.
LinkedIn’s Professional Community Policies do not specifically ban the sharing of antisemitic content, however one of the terms is “We don’t allow bullying or harassment. This includes targeted personal attacks, intimidation, shaming, disparagement, and abusive language directed at other members.”
Fighting Online Antisemitism (FOA) released a report in 2022 showing that the site failed to remove the majority of reported anti-Israel and antisemitic content.