Airbnb Gets Support From Fellow Tech Companies In Ongoing Battle In New York

The Internet Association, a lobbying group that represents the most powerful companies in tech, has filed a statement with the Supreme Court of the State of New York supporting Airbnb in the midst of its dispute with the Attorney General.

Airbnb is still embroiled in a dispute with New York City regulators a month after the state's Attorney General filed a subpoena demanding data on the apartment–sharing site's estimated 15,000 NYC hosts (and Airbnb refused). But now, Airbnb has the support of the tech startup industry's biggest names through the Internet Association, a lobbying group that represents the interests of companies like Amazon, Facebook, Google, and, yes, Airbnb.

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