Resolve identity before attribution
A name match alone is unreliable. Use at least two professional anchors, such as company and role or company and a primary profile reference. Leave ambiguous candidates unmerged.
A social URL is not a scraping license
LinkedIn explicitly prohibits unauthorized scraping and automation. Start with permitted company announcements, founder pages, filings, authorized uploads and licensed interfaces. Preserve claim-level provenance instead of copying unnecessary personal information.
Let the subject correct the record
Keep unclaimed research private and unscored in this product. Never infer family wealth, net worth, hardship, personal proceeds or willingness to sell from an acquisition article. Give people a clear route to correct, dispute or withdraw a published claim.
- LinkedIn · Prohibited software and extensions ↗A profile URL does not authorize automated scraping. Checked 2026-09-15.
Your next move: replace one important assumption with a dated piece of evidence.
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