Investigation finds Uber lobbied to relax labor, taxi laws; used 'stealth' tech to block scrutiny
As Uber aggressively pushed into markets around the world, the ride-sharing service lobbied political leaders to relax labor and taxi laws, used a"kill switch'' to thwart regulators and law enforcement, channeled money through Bermuda and other tax havens and considered portraying violence against its drivers as a way to gain public sympathy,
The documents were first leaked to the British newspaper The Guardian, which shared them with the consortium.. Uber spokesperson Jill Hazelbaker acknowledged"mistakes'' in the past and said CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, hired in 2017, had been"tasked with transforming every aspect of how Uber operates ... When we say Uber is a different company today, we mean it literally: 90% of current Uber employees joined after Dara became CEO.
The company's lobbyists - including former aides to President Barack Obama - pressed government officials to drop their investigations, rewrite labor and taxi laws and relax background checks on drivers, the papers show. The consortium also reported that Kalanick saw the threat of violence against Uber drivers in France by aggrieved taxi drivers as a way to gain public support."Violence guarantee success,'' Kalanick texted colleagues.
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