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Airbnb accused of misleading public by purging NY listings

Published Fri, Feb 12, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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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.

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