# kaal:claim:2834531-024

**Claim.** The premises on which regulation of a new technology is built may not be facts at all, or at least not the most relevant facts about that innovation, as the assumption that Airbnb hosts are simply chasing easy money illustrates.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- regulation of platform based innovations such as Airbnb

**Source quote.**

> The selected facts may not even be facts, or at least, the most relevant facts about a particular innovation.

**From.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, *Regulation Tomorrow What Happens When Technology Is Faster Than the Law* (2017), A. Facts Today, page 20

**Cite as.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Regulation Tomorrow What Happens When Technology Is Faster Than the Law (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2834531

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**Failure mode.** false factual premise  (family: regulatory-lag)

**Topics.** economics

**Keywords.** fact-selection, airbnb, regulatory-premises, sharing-economy

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