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"Report Inaccurate Information on Another Member's Profile"

https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1337291

Thanks, I've submitted a request with that form. I'm hoping there might be another way
Doesn’t sound like it’s inaccurate, just unfavorable.
IIUC, the inaccuracy is that he's actually a former employee, but is still showing up as a current employee.
You'll have to report it to them. https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1337291

If you're having no luck with that, I would (legitimately) contact them about career services or ads, and have the account rep advocate for your request inside the company.

Thanks, I've submitted a request with that form. I'm hoping there might be another way
These things have a way of coming out. Has your company made a public statement condemning their actions? It would look a lot better to do it proactively than after the fact if the news surfaces.
Good call, will advise the chairman of your idea
These sorts of posts make me long for the days of fuckedcompany.com to read about these things as a scandal rag.
Sounds like it's time to rename the company...
The bad news is that it was easy to go from your HN username to figure out your company and problem CTO (I'd recommend a burner account for a question like this). Sorry, that looks like a horrible mess you have on your hands.

The good news is that searching within Linked in doesn't link the company to that man. A Google search however does show up his LinkedIn profile along with news articles that you probably don't want to be associated with.

Yes. Literally takes 1min to figure out the details.

@op You should likely email dang to delete this post.

have emailed @dang to delete
I'm happy to hit the flag button if you'd like? If enough of us do that it should bury the post.
yes please
also flagged.
I'm impressed by your research skills, it took me more than 2 minutes but I just had to nail down the right parameters. About 8 years ago I gave a presentation at a high school about how easy it was for someone to take a nugget of personal information, and exploit it to find out more about them. Scared the snot out of some of those poor kids but I hope they took the lesson of protecting your personal data to heart.
Be sure to request that the old version of your website be removed from Google search. Hint: old.yourdomain still shows the person.
thanks for that
And of course search and remove for any other public dev copies of the site. Good luck!