Airbnb Will Hide Guests’ First Names in Oregon Until Bookings Are Confirmed to Fight Discrimination
. Asian, trans, North Africans, Uyghurs, and Tibetans have been turned away by hosts in the U.S. and beyond.Gizmodo reached out to Airbnb on Saturday to ask why this change only applied to Oregon residents. Considering what we know, it seems like it could certainly be beneficial in other areas as well. An Airbnb spokesperson cited the 2019 lawsuit settlement, which we described above.
“Given that the impact of this change is unknown, the implementation will be limited,” Airbnb spokesperson Liz DeBold Fusco said in an email. “We will evaluate the impact of this change to understand if there are learnings from this work that can inform future efforts to fight bias.”While I may have been salty above—the world is just, you know, tiring—this is a positive step from Airbnb.
iscrimination is a difficult issue, and creating effective change takes time. The important thing is to keep the work going and get to a point where you fight discrimination
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