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MEDIA FACT SHEET & EXECUTIVE CASE SUMMARY
CASE: INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY DOSSIER ON LINKEDIN PERMANENT RESTRICTION
WEBSITE: https://linkedinrestricted.com
CONTACT: contact@linkedinrestricted.com
DATE: September 2026
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On 21 July 2026, Avinash Singh—a Product Manager with 7+ years of professional 
experience and 12+ years of unblemished tenure on LinkedIn—was permanently 
restricted from his account after manually opening approximately 15–20 coworker 
profiles in browser tabs (Cmd+Click) from his new employer's company page to get 
acquainted with his new team.

Within 32 minutes of LinkedIn Safety Operations issuing an official notice 
promising that the account was under a temporary suspension that would 
"automatically unrestrict", LinkedIn Support abruptly converted the restriction 
into an irreversible lifetime permanent ban after the member honestly explained 
his routine manual tab browsing.

Despite passing government-issued ID verification (passport and driver's license) 
via Persona three separate times, exhausting all customer support tiers, and filing 
a formal grievance with LinkedIn's India Grievance Officer, the user was denied any 
substantive human review. The matter is currently under official review by the 
Government of India's Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC Appeal No. 133672/2026).

2. KEY VERIFIABLE FACTS & RECEIPTS
- Tenure: 12+ years on LinkedIn (profile active since university).
- Trigger: Manually opening 15–20 coworker profiles in browser tabs on Day 1.
  Zero bots, zero scrapers, zero automation tools, zero extensions used.
- The 32-Minute Flip (Case # 260721-022195):
  * 15:01 CST: LinkedIn promises: "At the end of the temporary suspension, your 
    account will be automatically unrestricted."
  * 15:08 CST: Member honestly clarifies manual coworker browsing.
  * 15:33 CST: Support Consultant Gayatri flips decision to permanent ban.
- The Leaked Support Macro (Case # 260718-010990):
  Support Consultant Ramesh S accidentally sent raw, unedited internal support desk 
  instructions in the customer email:
  "**ONLY if second offense. Remove if the member didn't receive any warning 
   and/or used more than 2 unique blocked PIDs."
- The Lifetime Ban Ruling (Case # 260901-021684):
  Office of the India Grievance Officer confirmed: If declared ineligible, that 
  decision applies forever to all future accounts; starting afresh under real 
  identity is strictly prohibited.
- Statutory Appeal (GAC Appeal No. 133672/2026):
  Filed 24 July 2026 under Rule 3A of Information Technology Rules, 2021 before 
  India's Grievance Appellate Committee. Currently designated "Under Process".

3. CORE EDITORIAL & PUBLIC INTEREST QUESTIONS
- Does manual browser tab opening justify lifetime professional platform exclusion?
- Why did an automatic un-restriction notice become an irreversible ban in 32 minutes?
- Why did support agents process appeals by copying internal macro cheat-sheets?
- What recourse exists for digital professionals in a platform monopoly without due process?

4. MEDIA CONTACT & ASSETS
- Contact Email: contact@linkedinrestricted.com
- Full Evidence Archive: https://linkedinrestricted.com/evidence
- Interactive Chronology: https://linkedinrestricted.com/timeline
- Legal & Rights Framework: https://linkedinrestricted.com/legal-basis
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