MUMBAI – Since 2013, the world’s largest professional network LinkedIn hasrepeatedly warned its users against creating “profiles or provide contentthat promotes escort services or prostitution.” Some, however, prefer toturn a deaf ear to these warnings.

Prostitution-related services continue to thrive in LinkedIn India, wherescores of call girl profiles pledge adult entertainment, escort andmassage, according to local media.

The services are especially spread across such cities as Bengaluru, Mumbai,New Delhi and Kolkata, the Times of Indialink>reported,citing the LinkedIn profile of a Bengaluru spa with “cute south Indiangirls” and “pretty girls” from the country’s Kerala state.

The newspaper cited India communications head Deepa Sapatnekar as sayingthat “our user agreement clearly states that profiles or content thatpromote escort or prostitution services are prohibited.”

[image: Tokyo, Japan]CC link>”When we become aware of profiles and other activity on the site that maybe in violation of our policies, we take appropriate action. We alsoencourage members to report any behavior they consider to beinappropriate,” he pointed.

The Times of India also quoted a Bengaluru pimp as saying on conditionof anonymity that the online *prostitution* services have developedsignificantly, not least with the help of social media tools, includingWhatsApp.