Online rental marketplace Airbnb will address reports of widespread racial discrimination against non-white guests by displaying photos less prominently on its website, promoting instant bookings and changing some of its technology, according to a report commissioned by the company.
The news comes a day after Airbnb sued its hometown city of San Francisco over a law it helped pass.
The sharing economy has huge potential in China, where the younger generation are ready to embrace new ways of doing business and living, senior management of Airbnb believe. "We've seen positive signs of a developing sharing economy in China both from the consumers and the government," Varsha Rao, head of global operations for Airbnb, told Xinhua during the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2016, or Summer Davos, in Tianjin.
A Minneapolis woman, who later became a ‘super host’, denied TV producer Shadi Petosky’s request because of fears of having a trans guest around her son
The sharing economy exists in a legal grey area beyond the reach of hard-won civil rights laws, and black users say they experience discrimination as a result
The organizers of Rio Olympics said Wednesday they have signed a deal with online accommodation provider Airbnb, who will provide 20,000 rooms for thousands of fans during the Games.
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