Conservatives threaten LinkedIn boycott after post removal

A conservative advocacy group is criticizing social media platform LinkedIn, with online conservatives threatening to leave the site after the group’s post supporting President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration was temporarily removed in what the company called an error.

“.@DHSgov is fulfilling the essential duty of keeping our country safe,” the Government Freedom Caucus Network posted on multiple platforms, including X and LinkedIn, on Jan. 27. he said.

“Biden has allowed more than 10 million illegal aliens, many of whom are violent criminals and pedophiles, into our states. Every state must cooperate with ICE and CBP to remove them. Our caucuses are on the front lines of their states to support @POTUS’ mission to keep Americans safe!”

SFCN on Thursday a screenshot appeared While the post was allowed by X, it appears to have been flagged as “hate speech” and removed by LinkedIn.

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“Apparently protecting children is ‘hate,’ but letting real predators roam free is OK,” SFCN wrote. “@elonmusk is not censoring us but @LinkedIn is! As a result we will delete our account.”

Conservatives are open social media He quickly began calling out the social media company that liberal megadonor Reid Hoffman founded before selling the company to Microsoft, where he now sits on the board.

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LinkedIn is under fire for removing a post from a conservative advocacy group that it later reinstated. The company said the post was removed by mistake. (Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)

Townhall columnist Dustin Gage “Everyone should delete LinkedIn” Published on X. “It’s nothing more than a garbage platform that provides very little value.”

“How hateful is it to ask for pedos on the streets?? ?? Why are you censoring conservatives?? @LinkedIn,” conservative influencer account LibsofTikTok Published on X. “DELETE YOUR LINKEDIN ACCOUNT.”

A LinkedIn spokesperson backtracked, telling Fox News Digital: “This was removed in error and we quickly corrected it.”

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Andrew Roth, president of the State Freedom Caucus Network, told Fox News Digital that he received a “removal notice” via email and another email after the situation was posted on LibsofTikTok stating that the removal was an error.

“Initially, your post was removed because it was against our policies,” he told Roth on LinkedIn. “As part of our review, we have determined that your post is no longer against our policies, and we apologize for this error.”

“Yes, that’s true,” Roth told Fox News Digital.

“I think vigilantism is still alive and well, but we will continue to fight it. The first step is to never join the LinkedIn platform again. The second step is to tell the world what they do.”

Conservatives have long decried censorship and perceived bias on social media platforms, and although the post was reposted within hours of being removed, Daniel Cochrane, Senior Research Associate at the Center for Technology and the Human Person at the Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital that the situation represents the “predictable pattern” in which Big Tech platforms often operate.

“Censor first, then ask for forgiveness,” Cochrane said.

“Although platforms almost always claim there was an ‘error’ or ‘miscommunication,’ their content moderation systems and processes operate in a black box,” Cochrane added. “The opaque nature of these systems leads to reduced accountability.”

Even if platforms don’t “explicitly target” a particular group or message, “liberal biases” can often be “built into algorithmic moderation systems” and disproportionately flag and demote conservative voices, Cochrane said.

“The current state of arbitrary censorship, without greater accountability, is a feature of Big Tech platforms, not a bug.”