Airbnb Has Banned Thousands And Thousands Of People For Throwing Wild Parties In Rentals

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky.

Airbnb has gotten some bad press recently, with several reported cases of orgies and wild, sex-filled parties being held in hosts' homes when they rent them out through the service.

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"It's incredibly rare, but it does happen," Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky told Yahoo's Katie Couric in an interview.

He said that a pivotal moment came when a home was trashed in 2011. Airbnb didn't have an insurance plan in place yet to cover that sort of thing, or fast-moving customer service. It said that it was a huge learning experience, and that the company now has 100 people working in trust and safety to help stop those kinds of incidents from happening.

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"We've removed thousands and thousands of people from the community," Chesky said, noting that the site has a community-based membership.

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