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posted by martyb on Sunday November 03 2019, @11:28AM   Printer-friendly

Airbnb bans 'party houses' after five die in Halloween shooting

Airbnb has said it will ban "party houses" after a mass shooting at a California home rented through the company left five people dead.

CEO Brian Chesky said in a tweet the company would take steps to "combat unauthorized parties and get rid of abusive host and guest conduct". "We must do better, and we will. This is unacceptable," Mr Chesky added.

Three people died at the house, in the city of Orinda, near San Francisco, and two more died later in hospital. The house was reportedly booked under a pretence for a small group, before being publicised on Instagram as the venue for a Halloween party which eventually drew a crowd of more than 100 people. The host did not authorise the party, Airbnb said.

[...] Mr Chesky said Airbnb would create a dedicated "party house" rapid response team and expand manual screening of high-risk reservations. The company, which is expected to float on the stock market in 2020, would also take action against users who violated its policies, he said.

See also: Here's Why Airbnb's Latest Losses Won't Necessarily Hurt Its 2020 IPO

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Arik on Sunday November 03 2019, @06:31PM (7 children)

    by Arik (4543) on Sunday November 03 2019, @06:31PM (#915382) Journal
    "The intent in the media's selective coverage is presumably to not reinforce racist views and narratives. "

    That's the most charitable view, and I'd like to take it.

    Even if that is the intent, however, it doesn't work in the long term. The inconsistency in treatment is noticed, the credibility of the media goes down, so now whenever they refrain from stating something the viewer has learned to assume the worst.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 03 2019, @06:52PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 03 2019, @06:52PM (#915397)

    they are actively trying to cover up and lie to suit their bolshevik identity politics propaganda. in my city when they are forced through public awareness to report on a "POC" committing some violent unprovoked attack on some innocent and vulnerable (disproportionately white) victim, they will drag up whatever video they can find of some meth head white committing the worst crime they can find (many times they are minor property crimes with no violence or some crime from god knows when) so they can try to cover for the fact that the rate of incident and the types of crimes are way different. they frame any white self preservation as "hate". they lie about these mass shooters, their origins and their manifestos. the media outlets are all run by Jews and are pushing a white genocide agenda world wide (via the birthrate and "migrants" mainly, but they'll take race war too)

    • (Score: 2) by Arik on Sunday November 03 2019, @07:04PM

      by Arik (4543) on Sunday November 03 2019, @07:04PM (#915405) Journal
      "bolshevik"

      It's a pretty far stretch from classic bolshevism actually, though there are connections.

      "some meth head white committing the worst crime they can find (many times they are minor property crimes with no violence or some crime from god knows when) so they can try to cover for the fact that the rate of incident and the types of crimes are way different."

      The current rate is much lower when you compare by color nationwide, but look at some of the poorest rural mostly-white areas and they're catching up very quickly.

      Rural society is being destroyed with meth in much the same way that urban society was destroyed with crack and other things, and the results are already looking eerily familiar. Just wait 40-50 years to see the full effect.

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    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 03 2019, @10:16PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 03 2019, @10:16PM (#915458)

      are forced through public awareness to report on a "POC" committing some violent unprovoked attack on some innocent and vulnerable

      Poverty Occupying Caucasian? Yes, best keep it under wraps that caucasians commit the majority of violent crime, and the more people are killed by white supremacist terrorism than any other kind.

      Ferping racists! Stupid Persons! Bikers For Trump!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 03 2019, @10:35PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 03 2019, @10:35PM (#915461)

        Poverty Occupying Caucasian?

        No. It means "Coloured People".

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 04 2019, @02:08AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 04 2019, @02:08AM (#915533)

          Make the liberals heads explode. Start refering to that demographic as pockers.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 04 2019, @07:32AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 04 2019, @07:32AM (#915646)

          No, obviously it means "Perpetually Over-entitled Caucasians", AKA, White Privilege, or White Fear. Slave Rebellions, whitey! Still coming for you a hundred and forty some years after! You should be afraid, after what you did!

  • (Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Sunday November 03 2019, @07:10PM

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Sunday November 03 2019, @07:10PM (#915407) Journal

    That's the most charitable view

    I was trying.

    Even if that is the intent, however, it doesn't work in the long term. The inconsistency in treatment is noticed, the credibility of the media goes down, so now whenever they refrain from stating something the viewer has learned to assume the worst.

    Indeed.

    There is also a negative consequence from the media's perspective. If people don't trust the media, they start getting their news elsewhere.

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