‘We are in a kind of war’: row over viral Amsterdam chip shop lands in court
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TikTok virality is now a zoning and permitting variable—one viral shop can overwhelm a neighborhood’s physical infrastructure and trigger litigation. City-facing operators should expect regulators to start treating algorithmic demand spikes like a regulated externality, with tighter controls on hours, capacity, and licensing in “influencer districts.”
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