The company used information that was leaked from a neo-Nazi forum and crucified it with the information contained in its databases • The assets of 60 neo-Nazi users were removed from the database
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AirBnb removes from its website renters it suspects to be neo-Nazi: The company has found details of neo-Nazi forum users who have scoured the internet, and crucified them with the details of apartment renters on the site. In this way, the company was able to locate assets of about 60 private accounts of users affiliated with neo-Nazi movements.
"It was not something that required special thinking," the company said. "When we see people using our platform to promote behaviors that run counter to our values, we do what it takes to maintain the security of the user community. We have no place for anyone committed to neo-Nazi ideology or any other extreme or violent ideology. A better place without these people. "
About three years ago, the company required its users to sign a "community commitment," stating that a person should not be discriminated against because of his race, religion, sex or sexual attraction. As a result, the company has removed nearly 1.2 million people's accounts, which for such and other reasons refused to sign the commitment.
Also in August 2017, ahead of the White supremacy parade in Charlottesville, USA, the company blocked accounts of users who were searching for apartments in the area to participate in the parade.
