Only days after the launch of BeKnown, Monster releases a statement expressing their disappointment with LinkedIn as they recently cut off API access to select developers.

LinkedIn’s decision to block BeKnown, Mixtent and Visible.Me resulted after they had used LinkedIn’s API to send promotional messages, a violation of TOS.

A rep for Monster said:

We are surprised and disappointed by LinkedIn’s decision, which we believe not only goes against the interests of LinkedIn users, but also contradicts what LinkedIn claims to stand for — openness and connectivity. Professional networkers are social in nature and LinkedIn has just limited their ability to connect when and where they want. They’ve taken away users’ rights to control how and when they can share their own profile data and personal contacts. We also note that it was within days of Monster’s launch of BeKnown that LinkedIn decided to block the API when there have been other networking-oriented apps using the API for months.

For more info on this squabble, Check out this link:
http://www.onlinerecruitingnews.com/monster-disappointed-by-linkedins-actions/