Hey LGM community 
As you may have noticed, LinkedIn recently restricted La Growth Machine’s company page, along with my profile and that of my cofounder, Adrien. This follows a wave of similar actions taken against other sales automation platforms like Apollo, Seamless & Evaboot last week.
First and foremost, we want to assure you that these restrictions have zero impact on you as a user. LinkedIn has only restricted our company page and our team’s profiles - not any user accounts. Your automation workflows across LinkedIn, email, X/Twitter, and phone channels continue to operate exactly as before, with no disruption whatsoever. Your LinkedIn account is completely safe and unaffected by this action.
We’ve Been Here Before - It’s Business as Usual
This isn’t our first rodeo. LinkedIn took identical action against us in October 2022, and guess what? It didn’t impact our users or platform functionality at all. LGM continued operating seamlessly, and we quickly returned to having a LinkedIn presence.
The truth is, this is a cyclical pattern that affects the entire industry. LinkedIn regularly takes similar actions against Lemlist, Phantombuster, Evaboot, and other automation tools. Yet all these services, including LGM, continue to thrive because:
- LinkedIn cannot detect who uses our service - Our technical infrastructure makes it impossible for LinkedIn to identify which accounts use LGM
- LinkedIn cannot technically stop our service - Their only recourse is to restrict official company pages and the personal profiles of company representatives
- These restrictions are temporary - We’ll return to LinkedIn as we did before, while continuing to serve our users safely as we have for nearly 6 years
What Happened This Time?
Here’s the timeline of recent events:
- March 6, 2025: LinkedIn restricted company pages for Apollo, Seamless & Evaboot
- March 6, 2025: We received a notice from LinkedIn citing violations of their User Agreement. This notice incorrectly claimed we have a browser extension that uses LinkedIn’s logos and trademarks - we have no such extension and operate entirely in the cloud (was the notice automated?)
- March 13, 2025: LinkedIn restricted our company page and our profiles after we did not respond to their initial notice
Why Does LinkedIn Do This?
While there’s been much speculation about LinkedIn’s motives, let’s look at what’s really at play:
LinkedIn isn’t fighting automation itself - they’re protecting their revenue streams.
The distinction between automation and data extraction is critical here:
- Automation enhances the LinkedIn ecosystem by making it more efficient for users to engage, which ultimately increases platform activity and LinkedIn’s revenue. In fact, approximately 75% of LGM users pay for Sales Navigator or LinkedIn Premium - we’re actually driving revenue to LinkedIn!
- Data extraction and reselling LinkedIn’s most valuable asset - their user data - and monetizes it outside their ecosystem. To be clear, LGM does not engage in these practices.
The core issue revolves around data access, which LinkedIn increasingly gates behind paid offerings like Sales Navigator. In the age of AI, data is the new oil, and LinkedIn is protecting its reserves.
LGM, by contrast, simply helps users automate the same actions they would perform manually, within reasonable limits. We provide a means to import what users already see and could import manually - we don’t resell LinkedIn’s data.
Why LGM Is (And Remains) The Safest LinkedIn Automation Platform
At LGM, safety isn’t just a feature – it’s our foundation. We’ve built our platform with three core safety principles that set us apart:
- No Extension, 100% Cloud Infrastructure LinkedIn’s enforcement letter incorrectly claims we have a “La Growth Machine extension” that makes “unauthorized use of the LinkedIn trademark and the IN Logo.” This error confirms our belief that these enforcement actions are often automated and templated rather than based on careful investigation. LGM has always operated entirely in the cloud, with no extension or plugin that could display LinkedIn’s branding. Our cloud-only infrastructure ensures complete invisibility from LinkedIn’s detection systems, offering smooth and secure automation without leaving the digital footprints that browser extensions would.
- Dedicated 5G Mobile Proxies Every LGM identity gets its own personal 5G mobile proxy that uses real mobile connections. Unlike server-based IPs that LinkedIn easily flags, our 5G proxies offer authentic mobile connections from residential areas, making it virtually impossible for LinkedIn to distinguish automation from natural user behavior. While these premium proxies cost us €20-40 per month each, we absorb this cost to provide you the highest level of security.
- Smart Safety Limits We’ve established optimal limits for LinkedIn actions and emails, backed by concrete data analysis. These aren’t arbitrary restrictions – they’re carefully calibrated thresholds based on our extensive expertise and experience that ensure your activities appear completely natural to LinkedIn’s systems.
What To Expect Going Forward
Based on our previous experience with similar situations:
- Your LGM service will continue working without interruption: There is no technical impact on our ability to provide all services
- We’ll create new LinkedIn presences: Just as we did in 2022, we’ll establish new profiles and company presence
- This pattern may repeat in the future: And when it does, we’ll handle it with the same efficiency
- Your LinkedIn accounts remain safe: Our safety measures continue to protect user accounts from detection
Best Practices for LinkedIn Automation
To maximize your safety while using automation tools, we recommend:
- Set reasonable daily limits: Stay within LinkedIn’s unwritten but observed thresholds
- Personalize your outreach: Avoid generic messaging that appears bot-like
- Mix automation with manual activity: Regularly engage naturally on the platform
- Diversify your outreach channels: Utilize LGM’s email, phone, and social media capabilities alongside LinkedIn
- Focus on quality over quantity: Target the right prospects with relevant messages
- Trust in premium infrastructure: Our 5G mobile proxies provide a level of protection that budget solutions simply cannot match (Reddit thread discussing best proxies to automate, our article on the difference between LinkedIn proxies)
In Conclusion
These periodic restrictions are simply part of the landscape for automation tools in the LinkedIn ecosystem. After nearly 6 years of successfully navigating these situations, we can confidently say they pose no risk to your profile, or your ability to use and benefit from LGM’s services.
Rest assured, LGM will remain the most secure LinkedIn automation solution, just as we have always been.
As always, I’m here for you if you have any questions or concerns. Don’t hesitate to reach out directly, here or by email 
Keep crushing it,
Brice MAURIN
Founder & CEO, La Growth Machine