Airbnb
hires former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to
address host discrimination
Short-term rental company
Airbnb has
hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in an effort to
address allegations of racial bias on the platform. *
Holder will
work with **ted civil rights
Attorney John Relman to help the company put in place an official anti-discrimination policy.*
In a
blog post,
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.”
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