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January 10, 2022

Airbnb will change booking process in Oregon to fight discrimination

By DAVID KOENIG
AP Business Writer

Airbnb hosts in Oregon will soon only see the initials of some prospective renters, not their full names, in a change designed to prevent discrimination against Black users of the online lodging marketplace.

The new policy stems from the settlement of a lawsuit that claimed hosts could reject customers because they could conclude that the prospective renters were Black based on their first names.


 
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