LinkedIn

Report September 2026

Submitted
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (“LinkedIn Ireland”) – the provider of LinkedIn’s services in the European Union (EU) – welcomes the opportunity to file this report on our compliance with the commitments and measures of the Code of Conduct on Disinformation (the “Code”) that we subscribed to in our Subscription Document dated 15 January 2025. This report covers the period from 1 January to 30 June 2026 (the “Reporting Period”).  

LinkedIn’s vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Its mission is to connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. LinkedIn is a networking tool that enables members to establish their professional identities online, connect with other professionals, and build relationships for the purpose of collaborating, learning, and staying informed about industry information and trends. As such, the design and function of the platform are central to its overall risk profile, which they shape in a few key ways: 

  • LinkedIn is a real-identity platform, where members must use their real or preferred professional names, and the content they post is visible, for example, to their colleagues, employers, potential future employers, and business partners. Given this audience, members by and large tend to limit their activity to professional areas of interest and expect the content they see to be professional in nature. 
  • LinkedIn operates under standards of professionalism, which are reflected both in content policies and enforcement, as well as in content prioritisation and amplification. LinkedIn’s policies bolster a safe, trusted, and professional platform, and LinkedIn strictly enforces them. LinkedIn strives to broadly distribute high-quality content that advances professional conversations on the platform. 
  • Throughout the product development lifecycle, LinkedIn’s Digital Safety function ensures a “safety by design” approach that is tailored to its unique user base of professionals and businesses. The Digital Safety function partners with the relevant product and engineering organizations to conduct continuous assessments of risks and address threats prior to product launch, taking into account the specific needs and vulnerabilities of the platform's user base. As part of this approach, LinkedIn also evaluates how the platform’s own design choices and functionality may introduce or amplify certain risks. 
  • LinkedIn services are tailored toward professionals and businesses, and LinkedIn’s Professional Community Policies clearly detail what is expected of every member as they post, share and comment on the platform, including that disinformation is not permitted on LinkedIn. 
LinkedIn is committed to keeping its platform and services safe, trusted, and professional and to providing transparency to its members, the public, and to regulators. Members come to LinkedIn to find a job, stay informed, connect with other professionals, and learn new skills. As a real-identity online networking service for professionals to connect and interact with other professionals, LinkedIn has a unique risk profile when compared with many social media platforms. With this in mind, LinkedIn continues to invest in numerous Trust domains to proactively enhance the safety, security, privacy, and quality of the LinkedIn user experience. Further, as confirmed by LinkedIn’s Systemic Risk Assessments conducted to date, the residual risks most relevant to misinformation and disinformation (i.e. those relating to Civic Discourse and Electoral Process, Public Health and Public Security) are categorised as “Low” or “Minimal”. 

Unless stated otherwise, data provided under this report covers a reporting period of 1 January to 30 June 2026 (“Reporting Period”).  

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Commitment 2
Relevant Signatories participating in advertising commit to prevent the misuse of advertising systems to disseminate Disinformation in the form of advertising messages.
We signed up to the following measures of this commitment
Measure 2.1 Measure 2.3 Measure 2.4
In line with this commitment, did you deploy new implementation measures (e.g. changes to your terms of service, new tools, new policies, etc)?
No
If yes, list these implementation measures here
Not applicable
Do you plan to put further implementation measures in place in the next 6 months to substantially improve the maturity of the implementation of this commitment?
No
If yes, which further implementation measures do you plan to put in place in the next 6 months?
Not applicable. However, LinkedIn plans to continue to assess its policies and services and to update them as warranted. 
Measure 2.1
Relevant Signatories will develop, deploy, and enforce appropriate and tailored advertising policies that address the misuse of their advertising systems for propagating harmful Disinformation in advertising messages and in the promotion of content.
QRE 2.1.1
Signatories will disclose and outline the policies they develop, deploy, and enforce to meet the goals of Measure 2.1 and will link to relevant public pages in their help centres.
LinkedIn prohibits misinformation and disinformation on its platform, whether in the form of organic content or in the form of advertising content. LinkedIn’s Professional Community Policies, which apply to all content on the platform, expressly prohibit false and misleading content, including misinformation and disinformation: 
 
  • Do not share false or misleading content: Do not share content that is false, misleading, or intended to deceive. Do not share content to interfere with or improperly influence an election or other civic process. Do not share synthetic or manipulated media that depicts a person saying something they did not say or doing something they did not do without clearly disclosing the fake or altered nature of the material. Do not share content that directly contradicts guidance from leading global health organizations and public health authorities; including false information about the safety or efficacy of vaccines or medical treatments. Do not share content or endorse someone or something in exchange for personal benefit (including personal or family relationships, monetary payment, free products or services, or other value), unless you have included a clear and conspicuous notice of the personal benefit you receive and have otherwise complied with our Advertising Policies. We don't allow political advertisements, endorsements, or support posted in exchange for money or personal benefit. 
   
LinkedIn provides specific examples of false and misleading content that violates its policy via a Help Center article on False or Misleading Content.    
   
LinkedIn’s Advertising Policies incorporate the Professional Community Policies provision, and similarly prohibit misinformation and disinformation.
SLI 2.1.1
Signatories will report, quantitatively, on actions they took to enforce each of the policies mentioned in the qualitative part of this service level indicator, at the Member State or language level. This could include, for instance, actions to remove, to block, or to otherwise restrict harmful Disinformation in advertising messages and in the promotion of content.
Methodology of data measurement: 
 
The table below reports the number of ads LinkedIn restricted under the misinformation policy in QRE 2.1.1 above between 1 January – 30 June 2026, broken out by EEA Member State.    
   
The metrics are assigned to EEA Member State based on the primary country targeting of the ad.    
The following factors may contribute to the number of ads reported by LinkedIn being low:   
  • LinkedIn is primarily a business-to-business advertising platform - that is, businesses marketing their products and services to other businesses and members in a professional capacity.   
  • Because of the business-to-business nature of LinkedIn’s advertising platform, ads on LinkedIn may cost more than ads placed in other settings, impacting the ads run on LinkedIn.
The number of ads LinkedIn restricted under the misinformation policy in QRE 2.1.1 between 1 January - 30 June 2026
Austria 0,0
Belgium 0,0
Bulgaria 0,0
Croatia 0,0
Cyprus 0,0
Czech Republic 0,0
Denmark 0,0
Estonia 0,0
Finland 0,0
France 0,0
Germany 0,0
Greece 0,0
Hungary 0,0
Ireland 0,0
Italy 0,0
Latvia 0,0
Lithuania 0,0
Luxembourg 0,0
Malta 0,0
Netherlands 0,0
Poland 0,0
Portugal 0,0
Romania 0,0
Slovakia 0,0
Slovenia 0,0
Spain 0,0
Sweden 0,0
Iceland 0,0
Liechtenstein 0,0
Norway 0,0
Total EU 0,0
Total EEA 0,0