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The accusation is that Airbnb is using facial recognition to deny people lodging. It's a reddit link so I don't know if it's true, but if so, it seems my 2033 p

The accusation is that Airbnb is using facial recognition to deny people lodging. It's a reddit link so I don't know if it's true, but if so, it seems my 2033 prediction from an hour ago is coming early. This shouldn't stand, we need proper regulation (which I can't believe I'm arguing for) to prevent companies from making their own rules like this. It's a failure of government. (If the whole thing is true, I'd want some proper confirmation. But even if it isnt, this is not the first situation like this)

thereare5lights 4y ago
meant to link to the article that the reddit post links to. sent a request to have that fixed so hopefully the link gets updated
- dang 4y ago
  Yes. Fixed now. (Submitted URL was https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/zzvntv/sex_workers_have_been_banned_from_airbnb_for/ https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/zzvntv/sex_work...).
mtmail 4y ago
> It's a reddit link so I don't know if it's true, Reddit links to the source article at https://www.thenation.com/article/society/airbnb-banning-sex-workers/ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/airbnb-banning-sex... > If the whole thing is true, I'd want some proper confirmation. The thenation.com article links to a court case (to be precise a complaint, so it hasn't been heard in court yet) https://classactionsreporter.com/jumio-facial-scans-for-identity-verification-for-airbnb-illinois-class-action/ https://classactionsreporter.com/jumio-facial-scans-for-iden...