Airbnb Says It’s Cracking Down on Fake Listings and Has Removed 59,000 of Them This Year

Airbnb Says It’s Cracking Down on Fake Listings and Has Removed 59,000 of Them This Year
The Airbnb app icon on an iPad screen in Washington on May 8, 2021. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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Fake listings have emerged as a major problem for Airbnb, threatening to scare off consumers and prompting the short-term rental service to use AI in an effort to crack down on fraudsters.

Airbnb says it has removed 59,000 fake listings and prevented another 157,000 from joining the platform this year.