LinkedIn AI falsely bans user for eight hours

The author's LinkedIn account was banned for 8 hours after LinkedIn's AI incorrectly flagged him as a bot for clicking through connection requests too quickly, with no human review or appeal process available.

Date it happened

2026-07-05

Organisation involved

LinkedIn

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