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07-21-2016, 01:54 AM
Airbnb hires former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to address host discrimination
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Short-term rental company Airbnb (https://www.airbnb.com/?af=43720035&c=A_TC%3Dta2zq9t9w9%26G_MT%3De%26G_CR%3D1008086978 56%26G_N%3Dg%26G_K%3Dairbnb.%26G_P%3D%26G_D%3Dc&gclid=CPzvzcP6gs4CFYwfhgod8dkITA&dclid=CJOM0cP6gs4CFUoDNwodA2IE5A) has hired (http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/07/20/airbnb-hires-former-us-attorney-general-eric-holder/87345836/) former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in an effort to address allegations of racial bias on the platform. *
Holder will work with (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-20/airbnb-hires-eric-holder-to-develop-anti-discrimination-plan) **ted civil rights attorney John Relman to help the company put in place an official anti-discrimination policy.*
In a blog post (http://blog.airbnb.com/an-update-on-the-airbnb-anti-discrimination-review/), Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky addressed the controversy and Holder's new position.
"This is the greatest challenge we face as a company," Chesky wrote. "We will **t simply ‘address the issue’ by doing the least required for liability and PR purposes. I want us to be smart and in**vative and to create new tools to prevent discrimination and bias that can be shared across the industry.” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/eric-holder-airbnb/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Short-term rental company Airbnb (https://www.airbnb.com/?af=43720035&c=A_TC%3Dta2zq9t9w9%26G_MT%3De%26G_CR%3D1008086978 56%26G_N%3Dg%26G_K%3Dairbnb.%26G_P%3D%26G_D%3Dc&gclid=CPzvzcP6gs4CFYwfhgod8dkITA&dclid=CJOM0cP6gs4CFUoDNwodA2IE5A) has hired (http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/07/20/airbnb-hires-former-us-attorney-general-eric-holder/87345836/) former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in an effort to address allegations of racial bias on the platform. *
Holder will work with (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-20/airbnb-hires-eric-holder-to-develop-anti-discrimination-plan) **ted civil rights attorney John Relman to help the company put in place an official anti-discrimination policy.*
In a blog post (http://blog.airbnb.com/an-update-on-the-airbnb-anti-discrimination-review/), Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky addressed the controversy and Holder's new position.
"This is the greatest challenge we face as a company," Chesky wrote. "We will **t simply ‘address the issue’ by doing the least required for liability and PR purposes. I want us to be smart and in**vative and to create new tools to prevent discrimination and bias that can be shared across the industry.” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/eric-holder-airbnb/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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