astroturfing

Airbnb is Astroturfing Against Legislation They Helped Write

Kevin Montgomery · 08/04/14 06:30PM

San Francisco's politicians have been working hard to make nice with Airbnb. They even let Airbnb's lobbyists make the city's "home sharing" regulations more liberal, allowing homeowners to host with Airbnb without obtaining an expensive bed and breakfast permit. But now that the proposed rules have been amended by the city's Planning Department, the company is staging protests against them.