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Airbnb pledges bans for anyone involved in riot
Jonathan Shieber
7:28 PM EST•January 11, 2021
Building on a policy that the company said has been in place since the Charlottesville protests back in 2017, Airbnb said it will take additional steps to beef up community protections for the DC metro area ahead of the presidential inauguration.
Airbnb already removes people from the platform who are associated with violent hate groups ahead of specific events, the company said.
And ahead of the inauguration, the company said it would use a seven-step plan to ensure that the DC metro-area isn’t overwhelmed with white supremacists, neo-Nazis, or “western chauvinists” ...
https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/11/ahead-of-inauguration-airbnb-pledges-bans-for-anyone-involved-in-capitol-riot/