Amid growing accusations of racism,AirBnb has permanently banned a North Carolina host who cancelled a black guest’s reservation and called her racist slurs. The ban is AirBnB’s attempt to attain damage control at a time when social-media campaigns, personal accounts, or even a Harvard research paper claim that the site is a hotbed of racism,and provides a glimpse into the power of social media and the challenge of regulating users in the sharing economy. Read more...
Source: gawker.com