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‘Humiliated’ mom sues Airbnb after ‘grossly inaccurate’ background check leads to ban (www.independent.co.uk)

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A Florida mom is suing a company that vets guests for Airbnb after she says she was banned from the short-term rental platform over a pair of past felony convictions that have since been expunged.

The mistake, which the lawsuit argues never should have happened, left the woman unable to take her daughter to a series of potentially lucrative rodeo competitions, and prevented the girl — whose winnings provide the family’s main source of income — from qualifying for the barrel racing national championships.

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[–] givesomefucks -1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

How are these public?

They're copies of old records that are owned by private companies

Like, that's the entire point of the article and the lawsuit...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Public record can't be owned by a private company and if they maintain a copy, they are responsible with keeping information up-to-date and if the record is expunged they are by law required to destroy it.

[–] givesomefucks -2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

You can have an argument with me about it, or you could read the article...

Personally, I think the chances of you believing the article is a lot higher than you believing me rewording the article.

Like, even just explaining the difference between "can" and "legally can" would help you out here. But there's just a lot of steps likely involved with getting you caught up.

Just read the article