LinkedIn Will Restrict Content Deemed Violent or False, Including From Trump

General counsel Blake Lawit revealed the policy during a forum on racism

This week, leaked audio files of LinkedIn general counsel Blake Lawit made the rounds, in which he addressed how the professional network would handle content from President Donald Trump and other elected officials in cases where it could spur violence or contains misinformation.

Today, LinkedIn confirmed the authenticity of the audio, obtained by Patrick Coffee of Business Insider, which came from the same town hall meeting on racial inequity that went sideways when anonymous questions from some employees offended others.

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