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“Over the past few days, LinkedIn users have been targeted with bot-like activity from several LinkedIn-themed profiles commenting on their posts,” writes Bleeping Computer in a story from January 13, 2026.

“These posts falsely claim that the user has ‘engaged in activities that are not in compliance’ with the platform and that their account has been ‘temporarily restricted’ until they visit the specified link in the comment.

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[-] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

"Oh great, LinkedIn, does that mean you will now cease to spam me without mercy, which you have done for the last couple of years despite all notification settings being switched to 'off'?"

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