Uber Broke Laws, Lobbied Politicians, Exploited Violence Against Drivers In Global Push: Reports
Uber, the ride-sharing service, lobbied politicians to relax labor and taxi laws, duped police, and exploited violence against drivers to gain public sympathy so that they could expand globally from 2013 to 2017, reported The Guardian on Sunday based on leaked confidential files. More than 124,000 leaked documents – now known as the Uber files – exposes the company’s unethical practices between 2013 and 2017, which were first leaked to The Guardian who later shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a non-profit network of investigative reporters....