Airbnb sues San Francisco to avoid thousands of dollars in fines

Airbnb is suing the city of San Francisco in an attempt to block a new law that could see it face hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. Under the law, which was unanimously voted in by San Francisco's Board of Supervisors earlier in June, platforms like Airbnb would have to remove listings from any unregistered host or pay $1,000 in fines for each one. The company filed the complaint against its hometown in federal court on Monday, claiming that the law impinged on its free-speech rights, a