Month: February 2022

New York (CNN Business)Airbnb is offering free short-term housing for up to 100,000 Ukrainians who have been displaced by the war with Russia, the company announced Monday.The stays will be funded by donations to the Airbnb.org Refugee Fund as well as with help from hosts on the platform. Brian Chesky, Airbnb’s cofounder and CEO, called…

(CNN)Amazon will no longer require its US warehouse employees to wear face masks in states where local laws do not require them, regardless of whether the employees are vaccinated or not.The company informed workers of the updated policy over the weekend, according to an internal memo viewed by CNN Business. The change takes effect March…

Hong Kong (CNN Business)Google (GOOGL)will no longer allow Russian state media outlets to run ads, following a similar decision on Saturday by the tech giant’s video subsidiary, YouTube.”In response to the war in Ukraine, we are pausing Google monetization of Russian state-funded media across our platforms,” Google said in a statement to CNN Business on…

Washington (CNN Business)Facebook (FB)’s parent Meta said Monday it has caught dozens of fake, pro-Russian accounts, groups and pages across its platforms trying to spread anti-Ukrainian propaganda as the war in Ukraine continues to rage. Meta’s takedown of the influence campaign also coincided with what company officials described as a separate, intensified push by pro-Russian…