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posted ago by GoodWillPower ago by GoodWillPower +932 / -0

Just saw an article posted by publisher "The Information". I personally don't want to link and give them ad revenue, someone else is willing to in the comments. Here is a few excerpts to help you understand how insane this is:

For the past few years, a specialized team of about half a dozen employees within Airbnb has been assigned an urgent task: preventing white nationalists and other potentially dangerous fringe groups from renting homes on the site.

Often the team creates dummy accounts on Facebook, known as “sock puppet” accounts, to monitor customers publicly embracing propaganda that could encourage violence. Airbnb has suspended more than 100 accounts of individuals affiliated with such groups, according to one employee.

“When signals suggest a hate group member may be using Airbnb, we investigate and take appropriate action. This information can come to us in many ways—including flags from members of our community, social media users or news articles,” said Ben Breit, an Airbnb spokesperson. Airbnb policy bars members of “violent racist groups.” According to a current employee, the customers with those tendencies “have a rightward slant.” The Airbnb spokesperson said the company was concerned “about violence and people who commit violent acts regardless of where they fall on the political spectrum.”

Not a single mention of ANTIFA or any extreme-left wing monitoring. Allegedly they keep an eye on that regardless of political affiliation... right....

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iPissExcellence 2 points ago +2 / -0

If you really want to fukc with airbnb just go over their heads and call owners directly for a better rate since we know airbnb gets a cut. They owners don't have "blacklists".

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manowar 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yes.