San Francisco, Oct 21 (Ians) Professional networking platform LinkedIn’s renewed attempt to remove bots from the platform has resulted in an overnight reduction of 50 per cent of accounts that pretended to be Apple employees, media reports said.

According to AppleInsider, fraudulent behaviour had been on the rise with fake accounts claiming to be members of groups they were not.

These accounts used profile descriptions and images that were edited or forged and taken from actual employees.

A research revealed that the fake account and bot problem is so widespread that large firms reported their staff counts were considerably reduced. For instance, in only one day, Apple’s LinkedIn account count decreased from 576,562 to 284,991.

The company only provided a statement in response to queries, indicating that it was constantly working to maintain the platform clear of fake accounts, the report said.

Meanwhile, recently, the platform had launched a new Instagram channel...