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The platform has gone through several phases. The early professional networking era was about resumes and recruiting. The middle period — roughly 2015 through 2020 — was about content marketing, with brand pages doing most of the publishing work. The current phase, which has been
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AI-generated content disclosure rules across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, X — plus FTC, state, EU AI Act, and election content layers. Practical compliance program for brands.
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