Comment by bko
3 years ago
This made a splash after conservative commentator Lauren Southern claimed her mom was banned without ever booking anything for her daughter. I'm not sure why Southern was banned though but i doubt it was because she was trashing the homes of hosts.
[Edit] Southern claims she was originally banned due to public affiliation with certain groups against Airbnb policies and community standards
https://twitter.com/Lauren_Southern/status/16231034418444369...
I'm more interested in why she got banned. That's pretty creepy.
Here's an archive of the page from the time she was banned: https://web.archive.org/web/20190606075214/airbnb.com/trust/...
I think it's objectively clear that she violated that policy, I don't think even she would deny that she engages in discriminatory behavior, bullying and harassment, and disturbing communities. It's not just about speech, she has for example been arrested in Italy for attempting to block migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean, which directly put lives at risk.
Unless she was doing those things in an AirBNB to other people there, I still find it creepy. These rules have nothing to do with the service. You don't get banned from a regular hotel for any of these reasons.
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