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Photo: Carl Court (Getty Images)Airbnb users who themselves may have done nothing wrong can be banned from renting vacation spots if they are deemed “closely associated” with another user who has already been banned. The short-term rental company says the plan is intended to bolster safety on the platform, but tech advocacy groups speaking with Gizmodo questioned the “half-baked” policy’s accuracy and said it appeared difficult, if not impossible, to enforce fairly.Airbnb would not say how long the ban by association…

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Image: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)Airbnb announced on Tuesday it has removed nearly 4,000 accounts globally from its platform this year, after finding those users had violated its non-discrimination policy. The report was published by Project Lighthouse, an initiative Airbnb launched in 2020, and found that the number of accounts removed decreased from 5,100 last year. In a news release, the company said it has used Project Lighthouse as a means to “uncover and address disparities in how people of color experience our…