Full report
Points deducted by category
- DEI hiring, pay & suppliers: 17/15 points deducted (cap 15; MAJOR items are not limited by the cap)
- On Sept 15, 2022, Airbnb announced that its "executive team will have 10 percent of their annual equity refresh tied to performance against their teams' respective diversity plans." Airbnb's 2026 proxy statement (filed Apr 24, 2026: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1559720/000119312526175062/d936646ddef14a.htm) lists no diversity measure in executive pay. (source)
- Published "An update on diversity and belonging progress at Airbnb" (Sept 15, 2022), with workforce representation data and its diversity goals. (source)
- Diverse candidate slate rule: Airbnb's newsroom said on Dec 15, 2020, "In 2017, we implemented our diverse candidate slate rule which requires women globally and underrepresented minorities in the US to be presented on candidate slates when we hire for open roles." Whether the rule is still in place is not verified. (source)
- Internal policies & benefits: 8/10 points deducted
- Free speech, debanking, deplatforming & anti-military/anti-American conduct: 16.25/15 points deducted (cap 15; MAJOR items are not limited by the cap)
- Airbnb's content policy bars images depicting "leaders of hate groups" and bans "all other forms of hateful speech"; its Community Standards say "Members of dangerous organizations, including terrorist, organized criminal, and violent racist groups, are not welcome" (news.airbnb.com, Mar 18, 2021: https://news.airbnb.com/an-update-on-our-work-to-uphold-our-community-standards/). (source)
- Cancelled accounts and bookings of people it linked to the Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally under its Community Commitment (CNN). (source)
- Airbnb removed columnist Michelle Malkin after she spoke at an American Renaissance conference (Daily Beast). Airbnb spokesperson Ben Breit, quoted verbatim (Daily Beast via Yahoo, Feb 2, 2022): "Consistent with our policies, if we become aware of users who are members of or are actively affiliated with hate groups, we remove them from Airbnb." Malkin wrote that Airbnb also banned her husband, since her trips were often booked from his account (as reported by the Daily Beast). (source)
- Political giving (PAC, treasury, leadership): 4/10 points deducted
- Federal PAC, 2024 cycle (FEC bulk file pas224, contributions to candidates, type 24K): about 60% to Democrats ($19,200 D vs. $12,800 R). (source)
- Advocacy, lobbying & public statements: 0/15 points deducted
- Marketing, products & content: 0/10 points deducted
- Charitable & activist funding: 2.5/10 points deducted
- Company message: "Airbnb stands with Black Lives Matter"; Airbnb said it donated $500,000 to the NAACP and the "Black Lives Matter Foundation" (as Airbnb named it) and matched employee donations. (source)
- ESG, activist investing & industry/regional boycotts: 0/10 points deducted
- China & foreign-adversary ties: 0/5 points deducted
- Election & voting-law activism: 4/10 points deducted
- Airbnb is listed as a corporate signer of the "We Stand for Democracy" two-page ad (NYT and Washington Post, Apr 14, 2021), which opposed "any discriminatory legislation or measures that restrict or prevent any eligible voter" from voting, published as states including Georgia passed election-law changes. (source)
- Border & immigration enforcement: 4/10 points deducted
- Airbnb, Inc. joined the "Brief of 143 U.S. Business Associations and Companies" (Supreme Court, DHS v. Regents, Nos. 18-587/588/589, Oct 3, 2019) supporting the challengers to the rescission of DACA. (source)
- Airbnb, Inc. joined the brief of technology companies and other businesses as amici curiae supporting the challengers to Executive Order 13769 (the 2017 travel order), Washington v. Trump, 9th Cir. No. 17-35105, filed Feb 5, 2017. (source)
- Faith, family & children: 4/10 points deducted
- Airbnb signed HRC's coalition statement opposing state legislation (incl. parental-rights and sports bills). (source)
- Climate & anti-fossil-fuel advocacy: 0.5/10 points deducted
- Airbnb newsroom, Nov 5, 2021: "we are committing to a goal to operate as a Net Zero company by 2030," covering corporate operations, with nature-based offsets. (source)
- Second Amendment & lawful-firearms commerce: 4/10 points deducted
- The company signed the Sept 12, 2019 letter of 145 business leaders urging the Senate to pass "a bill to require background checks on all gun sales and a strong Red Flag law"; Everytown's release (9.12.2019) lists "Airbnb" among the companies whose business leaders signed. (source)
- Government-coordinated content moderation: 0/10 points deducted
- Abortion advocacy, benefits & funding: 7/10 points deducted
- In response to Texas SB 8, Airbnb said it "made a contribution to reproductive health organizations, including Planned Parenthood" (amount not stated). (source)
- "We will offer financial support to any Airbnb Host who is implicated under Texas Senate Bill 8 and faces legal action and expenses as a result." (source)
- Reported: Forbes (May 7, 2022) wrote that, following Airbnb's response to the Texas abortion law, "Airbnb's U.S. health plans provide reimbursement for travel costs to plan participants who need to travel to other states." Whether this benefit is still in place is not verified. (source)
- American Workers & H-1B Displacement: 0/10 points deducted
Final verdict: Grade F
Grades run A (best) to F (worst) on a 0–100 scale, where a higher score is better: every company starts at 100 and loses points for each finding. Every finding links to its source. See how we rate for the scale and the category caps. Points from MAJOR items are not limited by the category cap, so a category can show more points deducted than its cap.