Airbnb blocked over 50K people from pandemic partying in 15 cities

The numbers are in: Airbnb prevented tens of thousands of people from potentially partying during the pandemic.

By enforcing a global ban on partying beginning in August 2020, Airbnb blocked over 50,000 people from partying in 15 US cities. Airbnb’s head of trust and safety communication, Ben Breit, told The Verge that this included 7,000 blocked or redirected “potentially risky reservation attempts” in Dallas, 6,000 in San Diego, 5,100 in Charlotte, 3,500 in St. Louis, 3,000 in Columbus and 2,700 in New Orleans. The Denver Post also reported that 5,000 people were blocked from making suspicious bookings in Phoenix, 4,500 in Las Vegas, 4,500 in Seattle, 2,600 in Denver, 2,600 in Portland, 1,800 in Salt Lake City and 1,500 in Albuquerque.