# Professor Arun Sundararajan argues that cities should delegate some regulation to digital platforms rather than trying to control them

1 Faculty News March 28, 2018 ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/berlin-had-some-of-the-worlds-most-restrictive-rules-for-airbnb-rentals-now-its-loosening-up/2018/03/27/e3acda90-2603-11e8-a227-fd2b009466bc_story.html?utm_term=.e5c51db0a362) -- "'There is a new social contract we are getting into with digital platforms,' [Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) said. He suggested that governments need to start forming alliances that are in the public interest — and start getting comfortable with private companies taking on regulatory responsibilities. 'Of course, there’s always a risk that they abuse this privilege,' Sundararajan said. 'But, honestly, I don’t see an alternative.'"

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