Airbnb weakened its policies against extremists and hate groups last year and dissolved its team tasked with removing them from the platform, a former investigations analyst for the company alleged in a recent whistleblower complaint. Airbnb denied the allegations, saying that it remains committed to removing members of violent extremist groups, organized crime networks and hate groups and that it has hired additional people to do this work. The complaint, filed in May and addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, accuses Airbnb of misleading investors and the public. It alleges that the San Francisco-based...