TripAdvisor will warn users about hotels with sexual assault incidents, but only for

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TripAdvisor will warn users about hotels with sexual assault incidents, but only for a while
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TripAdvisor is naming and shaming hotels where cases of sexual assault have been reported — but the black mark is only temporary.

The travel platform has begun placing digital warning badges on the pages of hotels where people have reported sexual assault.

SEE ALSO: TripAdvisor scrutinized for deleting warnings of rape at Mexico resorts (http://mashable.com/2017/11/02/tripadvisor-deleted-warnings-rapes-mexico-resorts-journal-sentinel/)


The badges will identify "health, safety and discrimination issues in all of the website's travel categories," according to a New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/travel/tripadvisor-sex-assault-discrimination-warnings.html) report.

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However, the badges are only temporary, lasting for a period of three-months.

Here's what a listing with the badge looks like: Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/09/tripadvisor-warning-badges/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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