PARIS—The city of Paris is suing Airbnb Inc. to remove tens of thousands of unregistered listings in the French capital, heralding what could be a costly showdown in one of the company’s largest markets.
Paris demanded Thursday that a French court force Airbnb—and other smaller platforms—to remove listings that don’t comply with a new law that requires Parisians renting out their primary residences on sites like Airbnb to display a city registration number in their listings.
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