Airbnb accused of misleading public by purging NY listings
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IN December, Airbnb released a trove of data which showed that about 95 per cent of its hosts in New York City were playing by the rules. But an independent report released on Wednesday cast a shadow on that rosy picture, claiming that the company "misled the media and the public" by removing more than 1,000 listings from its site in November before releasing the data.
The group that released the report, Inside Airbnb, describes itself as a tool for exploring the company's impact on residential communities.
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