Uber consistently circumvented regulations, thwarted police and secretly courted lawmakers to pave the way for its questionable practices as it expanded into new cities around the world, according to leaked documents obtained by The Guardian.
Uber consistently circumvented regulations, thwarted police and secretly courted lawmakers to pave the way for its questionable practices as it expanded into new cities around the world, according to leakedThe ride-share service and Silicon Valley giant is under investigation for unethical practices after a plethora of explosive texts, emails, memos and other documents wereThe documents span the company’s operations from 2013 to 2017 under Travis Kalanick, its billionaire co-founder.
He is just one of many government leaders, billionaires and media moguls the company secretly lobbied to cover up what the reports say were unlawful practices. Devon Spurgeon, the spokesperson for Kalanick, the former CEO, said the Consortium for Investigative Journalists was putting forward a “false agenda.”
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