CIAN was accused of discrimination against Russians: Home: Habitat: Lenta.ru
Russian users of the CIAN website reacted to the service’s decision to prohibit the expression of discriminatory views in ads. The new rules have triggered Russia’s social networks.
Users began to give negative ratings to the CIAN app on Google Play. Outraged landlords began to express their dissatisfaction with the new rules in social networks. Commentators decided to boycott the service, explaining this by infringement of the rights of landlords, Russophobia and discrimination of the Slavs.
News about the prohibition of discrimination in ads also appeared in nationalist publics. Subscribers to communities such as Typical Multinational, Funny Left Opponents, and Russian Nationalist joined in condemning CIAN’s policies. Right-wing commentators have suggested that the company introduced a new rule following its IPO (initial public offering) in New York.
“CIAN went out a month ago in an IPO in New York at a price of $ 16 per share (capitalization is slightly more than $ 1 billion), now they are traded at $ 14.88 per share. <...> CIAN apparently thought that such a broad rating would be highly appreciated by foreign funds that quit buying shares of unprofitable business, ”- wrote administration of the “Typical multinational” public.
Nevertheless, a significant part of users reacted positively to the changes. The commentators thanked the service for the rules that help with xenophobia in Russia. Some users questioned that such users doubted the results. In their opinion, landlords will find new ways to discriminate against people of other ethnicities.
About the new rules of the CIAN platform became known December 6. Under the ban there will now be ads in which the renting of apartments is possible exclusively to the Slavs. The service made it possible to correct already published announcements until February 1, 2022.