Airbnb has said that it s reviewing reservations in the Washington DC area ahead of next week s presidential inauguration and will bar any guests associated with hate groups or violent activity. The move comes as some city officials ask Airbnb, VRBO and other rental hosts to take down their listings until the January 20 inauguration is over. There s no way to guarantee that your guests are not coming to incite violence, Janeese Lewis George, a Washington city council member, said in a post on Twitter. Please protect your neighbors and the District from more attacks. Airbnb has had a policy of removing guests who are confirmed to be members of hate groups since 2017, when it blocked guests who were headed to a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
WASHINGTON • The White House pressured the United States Attorney in Atlanta to quit because President Donald Trump was unhappy with a lack of cooperation from officials there on his unproven allegations of election fraud, the Wall Street Journal reported.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Parler is favored by many supporters of United States President Donald Trump, who was permanently suspended from Twitter on Friday, and it is seen as a haven for people expelled from Twitter.
NEW YORK • Major technology companies like Google and Microsoft, as well as telecommunications giants like Comcast and Verizon, are among the nearly 1,000 people and groups that have donated at least US$200 (S$265) to the committee organising President-elect Joe Biden's scaled-back inauguration celebration this month.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Firms distancing themselves from US leader cautiously
Like the powerful, evil wizard Voldemort in a Harry Potter book, Mr Donald Trump was the protagonist who was not named, even as most of the big US companies condemned last week s assault on the US centre of government. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
PublishedJan 11, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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