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Airbnb Faces Boycott Backlash as Co-Founder Joins DOGE

Users are deleting accounts, hosts are threatening to leave the short-term rental platform over Joe Gebbia’s new gig.

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Co-founder of Airbnb, Joe Gebbia, pictured here at the 2023 Tribeca Festival, is facing criticism for joining DOGE as an advisor. Arturo Holmes/Getty Images
PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

Users of the home-sharing platform Airbnb are revolting against the site, boycotting over news that one of its founders, long gone from the company, has signed on to work with the Department of Government Efficiency.

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PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

Mr. Chiaramonte was an investigative reporter and producer at Fox News, a correspondent for the New York Post, and a news editor for the Messenger.

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