An investigation sheds new light on one of Silicon Valley’s most famous exports.
Below are 5 links giving more details of that investigation and all you wanted to know about Uber’s meteoric expansion. A leaked trove of confidential files has revealed the inside story of how the tech giant Uber flouted laws, duped police, exploited violence against drivers and secretly lobbied governments during its aggressive global expansion. The unprecedented leak to the Guardian of more than 124,000 documents – known as the Uber files – lays bare the ethically questionable practices that fuelled the company’s transformation. The leak spans a five-year period when Uber was run by its co-founder Travis Kalanick, who tried to force the cab-hailing service into cities around the world, even if that meant breaching laws and taxi regulations. During the fierce global backlash, the data shows how Uber tried to shore up support by discreetly courting prime ministers, presidents, billionaires, oligarchs and media barons. How Uber Exploited Violence https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jul/10/violence-guarantees-success-how-uber-exploited-taxi-protests?utm_term=62cb4205bab6557bfdfa4608278f6e6b&utm_campaign=MorningMailAUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=morningmailau_email Lobbying Goverments https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jul/10/former-eu-digital-chief-neelie-kroes-secretly-helped-uber-lobby-dutch-pm-leak-suggests?utm_term=62cb4205bab6557bfdfa4608278f6e6b&utm_campaign=MorningMailAUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=morningmailau_email The Uber Files https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jul/10/what-are-the-uber-files-guide?utm_term=62cb4205bab6557bfdfa4608278f6e6b&utm_campaign=MorningMailAUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=morningmailau_email Uber’s Global Domination https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jul/10/uber-files-timeline-parisian-eureka-moment-global-domination?utm_term=62cb4205bab6557bfdfa4608278f6e6b&utm_campaign=MorningMailAUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=morningmailau_email How Obama Aides Sold The Firm To The World https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jul/10/uber-campaign-how-ex-obama-aides-helped-sell-firm-to-world?utm_term=62cb4205bab6557bfdfa4608278f6e6b&utm_campaign=MorningMailAUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=morningmailau_email Roland Toronto.
