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.
FILE - The Airbnb app icon is displayed on an iPad screen in Washington, D.C., on May 8, 2021.
Civil rights representatives and the company said Thursday that they see the policy as a research tool. In 2017, three Black women in Oregon sued Airbnb, claiming that the company’s requirement that customers post full names and photos enabled hosts to discriminate based on race, in violation of the state’s public-accommodations law.
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