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July 20, 2016, 9:22 PM UTC

Airbnb Hires Eric Holder to Develop Anti-Discrimination Plan

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By Mark Milian, Bloomberg News

Airbnb Inc. hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to develop a strategy to address potential racism and other discrimination against people using the online home-rental service following complaints by some customers.

Holder will work with John Relman, a civil rights attorney, to strengthen a corporate policy prohibiting discrimination by people using the website to rent their homes, Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky wrote Wednesday in a company blog post.

Airbnb is adding staff to monitor for discrimination and respond, he wrote.

“This is the greatest challenge we face as a company,” Chesky wrote. “We will ...

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