European Union: European Commission published LinkedIn's hate speech moderation report under code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online

On 10 April 2026, the European Commission published LinkedIn's report under the code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online, covering the period from 1 July to 31 December 2025. It was highlighted that LinkedIn operates as a real-identity service available in 15 of the 24 official languages of the European Union and is assessed as carrying a "low" residual risk of hate speech. LinkedIn's professional community policies expressly prohibit hateful content, and enforcement combines automated detection with human review by a specialist regulatory operations team. It was further highlighted that during the reporting period, 11,945 pieces of content were removed for violating hate speech policies, 136 were proactively detected without a user report, and all 25 Article 16 notices received, including nine from trusted flaggers, were reviewed within 24 hours. LinkedIn also cooperates with civil society organisations and peer technology companies on platform abuse, and has deployed in-product "kindness reminders" to encourage members to reflect before posting potentially policy-violating content.