Uber received 3,824 reports of sexual assault and misconduct from 2019 to 2020.
Uber reported 141 incidents of rape and 998 incidents of sexual assault overall in 2020, even as the business was crippled by the ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic and ridership plummeted, according the company’sUber received 3,824 reports of sexual assault and misconduct from 2019 to 2020, according to the report, the second of its kind.company data released in 2019.
“The change in rate of sexual assault reports over time may have been impacted by a number of factors, including how the COVID-19 pandemic altered usage of the platform as well as Uber’s safety and transparency efforts," Uber said in the report. "But each reported incident represents a harrowing lived experience for the survivor. Even one report is one report too many.”141 reports of non-consensual sexual penetration, or rape, in 2020, down from 247 in 2019.
Women made up 81% of the survivors of rape, men comprised about 15% from 2019-2020, doubling from 7% reported in 2017 to 2018.Uber rolled out its first safety report in 2019 after facing increasing scrutiny on the heels ofIn the Thursday report, the ride-sharing service said in its dedication to safety on the platform, drivers are given criminal background checks — a mark that more than 500,00 prospective drivers failed in the 2019-2020 period.
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