The Evidence Vault
11 primary case records across official LinkedIn email cases and GAC Appeal No. 133672/2026. Inspect every screenshot, case number, leaked macro, and verbatim statement.
The Incident Origin & The 32-Minute Lifetime Ban Flip
Proof that LinkedIn initially diagnosed the activity as a temporary precautionary suspension. Only after Avinash honestly explained that he manually browsed 15–20 new colleagues in tabs was the decision arbitrarily flipped to a lifetime ban in just 32 minutes.
The Internal Macro Leak: Proof of Canned Support Handling
A catastrophic quality-control failure by LinkedIn Support. The support agent copied and pasted raw internal decision logic macros into the customer-facing email without reading what they were sending, demonstrating that appeals receive zero genuine human consideration.
India Grievance Officer Escalation & Rubber-Stamp Rejection
Demonstrates that escalating to the statutory India Grievance Officer yielded the exact same boilerplate customer service templates from support consultants rather than independent statutory review.
Statutory Government Appeal before Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC)
Formal appeal filed on the Indian Government's digital regulatory portal against LinkedIn's refusal to provide due process or substantive review. Status officially designated as "Under Process".
Data Access Request & The "Seek Legal Counsel" Deflection
When asked for specific clarity on what word or sentence of the policy was breached by manual profile browsing, LinkedIn refused to explain and told the user to hire a lawyer to interpret their terms.
The Loop: Three Identical Boilerplate Replies in 30 Minutes
Demonstrates automated robotic looping. When Avinash asked if he could close his account and start afresh with permission, consultant Naheed replied three consecutive times with word-for-word copy-pasted rejection templates within 30 minutes.
The Lifetime Exclusion Rule: Starting Afresh is Prohibited
The official statutory Grievance Officer ruling confirming LinkedIn's lifetime expulsion doctrine: once a user is restricted for manual profile browsing, they are legally barred from ever having a professional LinkedIn presence again for the rest of their career.
The Final Plea & Total Gatekeeping Shutdown
The ultimate closure by the Grievance Officer, cutting off all future communication and avenues of appeal, even though the underlying trigger was simply opening browser tabs of colleagues.
Mid-August Appeal & Fresh Identity Verification Cycle
LinkedIn routinely makes restricted users complete multi-step government ID verifications only to automatically deliver an identical canned rejection hours later.
LinkedIn Regulatory Escalations Acknowledgment
Shows formal escalation to LinkedIn Regulatory Escalations Team in relation to Indian legal provisions and IT Rules 2021 compliance.
Statutory Grievance Receipt & Acknowledgment
Statutory confirmation that the grievance was received by the Grievance Officer's office, but immediately diverted back into the standard customer support queue instead of an independent investigation.
Compare What I Asked vs. What LinkedIn Answered
See how simple questions about starting fresh and policy clarification were met with identical robotic rejections.