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Airbnb Hires Ex-AG Eric Holder To Craft Anti-Discrimination Policy

FILE - In this March 4, 2015, file photo, then-Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department in Washington. Holder says Edward Snowden performed a "public service" in stoking a national debate about s... FILE - In this March 4, 2015, file photo, then-Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department in Washington. Holder says Edward Snowden performed a "public service" in stoking a national debate about secret domestic surveillance programs, but that he should still return to the U.S. to stand trial. Holder spoke with CNN political commentator David Axelrod in a podcast released May 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) MORE LESS
By Sara Jerde
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July 20, 2016 4:22 p.m.
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Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has joined Airbnb, where he will create an stronger anti-discrimination policy for the home-sharing business, the company’s CEO announced Wednesday.

Airbnb has been dogged by controversy amid reports that some hosts on its platform prevented people of certain races and ethnicities from renting their homes. Critics of the company have argued that it allowed hosts to more easily discriminate against those who could otherwise use their services.

The company recently vowed to complete an internal review to fight bias and discrimination. While the company already has an anti-discrimination policy in place, CEO Brian Chesky wrote that, with Holder’s help, it can formulate a much stronger one.

Holder departed as attorney general last year and rejoined his law firm, Covington & Burling.

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Sara Jerde (@SaraJerde)  Sara Jerde is a newswriter based in New York. Her bylines have appeared in The Star-Ledger, The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Columbus Dispatch. She graduated from Ohio University. Send emails to sara@talkingpointsmemo.com and follow her @SaraJerde.
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