Airbnb

An investigation finds Airbnb fails to protect its guests from hidden cameras and moves swiftly to contain user complaints and resolve them out of court

Airbnb agrees to pay €576M to Italian authorities to end a long-running tax dispute, covering 2017 to 2021, that led the country to seize funds in November 2023

Financial Times :

Italy seizes ~€779M from Airbnb over some allegedly unpaid taxes, after reportedly investigating Meta earlier in 2023 regarding an alleged ~€870M in unpaid VAT

Airbnb sues New York City over a new law the company calls a “de facto ban against short-term rentals”; the city plans to begin enforcing the law in July 2023

Doyinsola Oladipo / Reuters :

Some guests and hosts say Airbnb permanently banned them after background checks by third-party company Inflection revealed minor offenses or old misdemeanors

Airbnb says it will change its TOS this fall to no longer require arbitration in cases involving sexual assault of hosts and guests, after two women sued

Olivia Carville / Bloomberg : Tweets: @rileyraygriffin , @sylviavarnham , @livcarville , @business , @livcarville , and @livcarville Tweets: Riley Ray Griffin / @rileyraygriffin : Sexual assault surv...

After Airbnb changed its policy to allow cancellation with full refunds, some aggrieved hosts are trying to cut it out of bookings or are planning legal action

Erin Griffith / New York Times : Tweets: @gregorynyc , @eringriffith , @nytimestravel , and @edercampuzano Tweets: Gregory Schmidt / @gregorynyc : For some rental operators, their relationship with A...

Airbnb, often forgotten in the Section 230 debate, has relied on the law to avoid responsibility for some listings and is lobbying to reshape it

Home-rental site is caught up in political push to change internet shield even as its efforts to use law haven't always worked

Airbnb settles a lawsuit against NYC, will hand over physical addresses of NYC listings plus host names, addresses, phone numbers, and more every quarter

Olivia Carville / Bloomberg :

Airbnb to give NYC data on 17K+ listings, plus data on every listing between Jan. 1, 2018 and Feb. 18, 2019 that could have potentially violated NY rental laws

Paris Martineau / Wired :