NEW YORK — Online rental marketplace Airbnb will address reports of widespread racial discrimination against non-white guests by displaying user photos less prominently, promoting instant bookings and changing some of its technology, according to a report commissioned by the company.The report, released on Thursday, followed months of criticism of Airbnb, sparked partly by comments under Twitter hashtag #AirbnbWhileBlack about hosts’ discrimination against black people."Bias and discrimination have no place on Airbnb, and we have zero tolerance for them," CEO Brian Chesky wrote in an email to users. "Unfortunately, we have been slow to address these problems, and for this I am sorry."Before the end of the year, Airbnb will roll out changes to its reservation request system that emphasise trip details, reviews and verified IDs while downplaying users’ photos, said the report from Laura Murphy & Associates.San Francisco-based Airbnb will also expand its instant booking programme, whic...
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