Starting at the end of April, Airbnb will no longer allow hosts to have security cameras inside their rental properties, citing a commitment to prioritizing guest privacy…
Who Knew?: ‘Airbnb Has Secretive ‘Black Box’ Team Paying Out $50M a Year…Gives Staff Blank Checks to Help Rape Victims and Clean-up Dismembered Human Remains’…
The secretive safety team – known as the ‘black box’ inside the firm – is made up of around 100 agents across cities including Dublin, Montreal and Singapore…Team members have the power to spend any amount tackling the worst crises at their rentals including sexual assaults, murders and deaths…They are tasked with providing support to guests and hosts and also working to keep the incidents out of the public eye…
43 Major Companies Oppose Texas Bills to Protect Girls Sports…
Companies that do business in Texas have signed a statement opposing two bills that would ban boys who identify as female from competing in girls’ sports and ban the use of experimental puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and the genital mutilation of minors suffering from gender dysphoria…
Israel Says Airbnb Walking Back Settlement Boycott; Company Denies…
Airbnb on Monday rejected an Israeli government assertion that it had agreed to walk back its decision to remove listings from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. “The reports issued earlier today are inaccurate,” the company said in a statement issued by its press secretary, Nick Papas. The apparent denial came shortly after the Tourism […]
Vacation Rental Giant Airbnb Bans Listings in West Bank Settlements…
Vacation rental operator Airbnb on Monday announced it would no longer host listings in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, drawing anger from Israeli leaders. The US-based Airbnb said in a statement posted on its website that after a reexamination of its policies, the company has “concluded that we should remove listings in Israeli settlements […]
Hacktivist Crew Claims it Launched Last Week’s DDoS Mega-Attack…
A group called New World Hackers has claimed responsibility for a DDoS attack that rendered significant portions of the web unreachable last Friday…