Massive leak reveals how top politicians secretly helped Uber

Monday, 11 July 2022newsdesk
Massive leak reveals how top politicians secretly helped Uber
Thousands of leaked files have exposed how Uber courted top politicians, and how far it went to avoid justice.

New Delhi, 11 July 2022

As per news report of BBC, they detail the extensive help Uber got from leaders such as Emmanuel Macron and ex-EU commissioner Neelie Kroes. They also show how the taxi firm's former boss personally ordered the use of a "kill switch" to prevent raiding police from accessing computers. Uber says its "past behaviour wasn't in line with present values" and it is a "different company" today. The Uber Files are a trove of more than 124,000 records, including 83,000 emails and 1,000 other files involving conversations, spanning 2013 to 2017.

Source -BBC

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