How would they ban it? Can they tell if a bag has an airtag?

Here's another article on this:

German Flag Carrier Lufthansa is Banning Apple’s Popular AirTag For Luggage Tracking With Bizarre Policy
https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2022/10/07/german-flag-carrier-lufthansa-is-banning-apples-popular-airtag-just-as-the-device-becomes-a-travel-essential

Bit is this fake news?

A Lufthansa spokesperson tells me there is no change to the carrier's policy on AirTags.

https://twitter.com/ethanklapper/status/1578453321546801158 [Nitter]

They are not banned

https://twitter.com/ethanklapper/status/1578571226934611968 [Nitter]

Yet, this Tweet from @Lufthansa is still up:

Hi David, Lufthansa is banning activated AirTags from luggage as they are classified as dangerous and need to be turned off./Mony

https://twitter.com/lufthansa/status/1578879849577385984 [Nitter]