A Call To Action!

Sadly, my husband, David Joseph, passed away a little over a year ago.  I want to close his LinkedIn account but they have an unreasonable policy that will not allow me to do that. I am asking for your support to get LinkedIn to change a policy that is causing me  - and I imagine others in a similar situation - unnecessary emotional trauma.

LinkedIn requires not just a death certificate but a court document in order for me to close his account:

https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?heroEntityKey=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAAAMBvkABiymrB6gn7CW8032bfv9xi4YgqL0&keywords=dave%20joseph&origin=RICH_QUERY_TYPEAHEAD_HISTORY&position=0&searchId=242d3d4e-292c-47a7-a9f4-8ba7d20a7353&sid=7p

However, David's estate did not go through probate, so there are no court documents. The town in which we lived when he passed requires a lawyer to file a request for the necessary documentation. I would have to pay a lawyer $1,500 just to submit the paperwork for me to obtain the required court document.

I was able to close all his other accounts, including bank accounts, investment accounts, credit cards, Facebook, and other social media sites - even without his passwords -  simply by providing a copy of the death certificate and/or a link to his obituary

I have tried reasoning with the powers that be at LinkedIn via email communications to no avail. Meanwhile, David’s LinkedIn page sits there, live, but serving no purpose other than to compound our family’s grief.

I am not looking for pro bono legal aid. I simply want LinkedIn to change this unnecessary obstacle to closing the account of my deceased spouse's account.

Please sign my petition and share the link with your contacts to increase pressure on LinkedIn so that they will decide to do the right thing and change their policy to a more humane and reasonable one.

Thank you for help!