5 takeaways from 'Uber Files' investigation into company's influence-peddling

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A new leak of more than 100,000 records shows that Uber used stealth technology to ward off regulators and lobbied political leaders around the world to help the startup undermine worker rights, avoid taxes and expand its global footprint.

The Guardian then shared the documents with the nonprofit International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a network of Washington, D.C.-based journalists and other media partners which led the investigation with the Guardian. Disgruntled French taxi drivers led violent anti-Uber protests in Paris after Uber first launched in the City of Light in 2011, with drivers fearing the startup would threaten their livelihoods.

Uber could also identify police and government officials who sought to order cars through the app to obtain information. Uber had the ability to show them an imitation version of the app with fake vehicles that could be summoned but never arrived.Lobbying politicians to influence legislation "Could you ask your cabinet to help us to understand what is going on? Respectfully. Mark," MacGann texted, according to the report.

In August 2019, two gang members attacked and killed an Uber driver, according to prosecutors. Other drivers in the country were burned to death.

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