Airbnb will conceal visitors’ names to struggle discrimination (however solely in Oregon)


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Airbnb introduced that it’s altering the way in which visitor profiles are displayed in its app — for Oregon residents particularly. Airbnb hosts who’re primarily based in Oregon will now see a possible visitor’s initials, reasonably than their full identify, till after they’ve confirmed that visitor’s reserving request. The change will totally roll out by January 31st.

The change goals to stop racial discrimination amongst hosts, per the corporate’s announcement, by stopping them from gleaning a visitor’s race from their identify. A 2016 research discovered that Airbnb visitors with names that sounded Black have been 16 p.c much less prone to have bookings confirmed than visitors with names that sounded white.

The announcement follows a voluntary settlement settlement that Airbnb reached in…

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