Lodging and accommodations rental service Airbnb is never afraid to speak up about injustice – unless it's China.
"Every vote is important. We continue to support equal access to the ballot box for all and oppose rules that would make it harder for all Americans to vote,"in April 2021 after Georgia passed a series of voter reforms. "Going forward, we will continue to engage our community in these issues and use our platform to encourage everyone to make their voice heard in our elections."
Airbnb has also celebrated gay pride events in the U.S. — at one point in 2015 personally thanking the now-deceased Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for her support of marriage equality. Airbnb was extremely vocal about the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the murder of George Floyd. The company used the opportunity to preach a message of compassion, inclusion, and social awareness.
"We thank those standing for justice in Kenosha and beyond - and the NBA and WNBA players for leading. What happened is not right. Society has to change," the company wrote two days after Rittenhouse killed two rioters. Rittenhouse was ruled in court to have been acting in self-defense and was found not guilty on all counts.Airbnb – and many other American corporations – were warned ahead of time that doing business in Xinjiang would be harmful to their image domestically.
"The Biden administration has already taken concrete measures, including imposing visa restrictions, Global Magnitsky Act and other financial sanctions, export controls, import restrictions, the release of a business advisory warning companies of the serious legal, reputational and customer risks they face by doing business in Xinjiang, and President Biden rallied the G7 to commit to ensure all global supply chains are free from the use of forced labor— including from Xinjiang," a...
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