CNN Business has published an article detailing Uber’s latest safety feature for riders which allows someone to connect with a safety agent while making a trip. In an attempt to address safety concerns, Uber states that the purpose of the new capability is to help both riders or drivers in nervous situations
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The Los Angeles Times has published an article written by the San Francisco Public Press reporting that for the first time, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is requiring companies that operate in the ride-hailing industry to adopt comprehensive measures to prevent sexual assaults. The new procedures are the result of a
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An article recently published by The Guardian details a trove of 124,000 confidential documents – called the Uber files – that reveal how in its efforts to expand into new areas, Uber attempted to lobby politicians, knowingly broke laws, and utilized a “kill switch” during raids to keep police from viewing company
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A recent CNN Business article illustrates the sheer volume of sexual assault incidents recorded in Uber’s 2020 safety report. Despite the fact that the platform’s rider numbers plummeted in 2020, Uber reports 998 sexual assault incidents including 141 reports of rape. According to Uber, 91% of rape victims were riders and 81% of
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We recently reported on the $25 million settlement Lyft agreed to pay shareholders in order to resolve claims that Lyft was not transparent about systemic “safety problems” in the run up to the company’s IPO. A recently published Jezebel article promptly gives voice to the hypocrisy shown by Lyft shareholders. The “safety problems”
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A recent article published by Reuters reports that Lyft Inc has reached a $25,000,000 settlement to resolve claims by shareholders that the company concealed safety problems, including sexual assaults by drivers, before its initial public offering in 2019. Filed on Thursday, June 16, 2022, the preliminary all-cash settlement requires approval by U.S. District
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According to a report from the The Alamance News, Miguel Angel Rodriguez, a Lyft driver in the Alamance County area, was taken into custody on Thursday, June 2, 2022, after he allegedly took indecent liberties with a minor passenger he had picked up in Orange County. According to the Alamance County’s sheriff office,
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WTVJ NBC 6 South Florida reports that Glenroy Cornelius Tannis, a Lyft driver who was arrested on May 23, 2022, on two charges of sexual battery on a helpless victim, was released on Wednesday, June 1, after posting bonds totaling $175,000. According to the arrest report, the woman was visiting Florida from
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KGTV reporter Vanessa Van Hyfte recently reported on an Oceanside mother of two who says she is still traumatized a year after her Lyft driver assaulted her in front of her Oceanside home. The woman was on her way to the store to pickup groceries for her family when the assault occurred.
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A recent article published by the San Jose newspaper, The Mercury News, reveals that a newly filed lawsuit claims that rideshare company Uber broke federal law by providing ‘as little information as possible’ to police and courts in response to subpoenas, search warrants and court orders. Soha Malik of San Francisco alleged in her
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