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LinkedIn lawsuit over sharing private messages for training AI models dismissed


The class-action lawsuit against LinkedIn for sharing the contents of private messages with third parties to train AI models has been dismissed.

Last month, the plaintiffs’ lawyer Alessandro De La Torre filed a lawsuit in the San Jose, California, federal court against LinkedIn.

He claimed that LinkedIn shared the contents of private messages of LinkedIn Premium members that were sent and received via InMail with third parties without their consent. This information was handed over to third parties so they could use the data to train artificial intelligence (AI) models.

Originally, LinkedIn promised to only use this data to improve its platform. However, in August 2024, LinkedIn quietly introduced a privacy setting that lets users enable or disable sharing their personal data.

In September, LinkedIn changed its privacy policy, stating that the personal information of LinkedIn Premium members could be used for training purposes for AI models.

In January, De La Torre stated that LinkedIn was fully aware of this privacy violation and tried to ‘cover its tracks’. Therefore, he demanded financial compensation for his clients.

However, the lawsuit has now been dismissed.

“Sharing the good news that a baseless lawsuit against LinkedIn was withdrawn earlier today. It falsely alleged that LinkedIn shared private member messages with third parties for AI training purposes. We never did that. It is important to always set the record straight,” Sarah Wright, Vice President of LinkedIn’s legal department, said in a blog post.

In an emailed statement to press agency Reuters, Eli Wade-Scott, managing partner at Edelson PC, which represented De La Torre, said that private messages weren’t shared with third parties to train AI models.

“Users can take comfort, at least, that LinkedIn has shown us evidence that it did not use their private messages to do that,” he added.


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