As Uber aggressively pushed into markets around the world, the ride-sharing service lobbied political leaders to relax labor and taxi laws, used a 91裸聊视频渒ill switch91裸聊视频� to thwart regulators and law enforcement, channeled money through Bermuda and other tax havens and considered portraying violence against its drivers as a way to gain public sympathy,

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a nonprofit network of investigative reporters, scoured internal Uber texts, emails, invoices and other documents to deliver what it called 91裸聊视频渁n unprecedented look into the ways Uber defied taxi laws and upended workers91裸聊视频� rights.91裸聊视频�

The documents were first leaked to the Brtiish newspaper The Guardian, which shared them with the consortium.

Uber spokesperson Jill Hazelbaker acknowledged 91裸聊视频渕istakes91裸聊视频� in the past and said CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, hired in 2017, had been 91裸聊视频渢asked with transforming every aspect of how Uber operates 91裸聊视频� When we say Uber is a different company today, we mean it literally: 90% of current Uber employees joined after Dara became CEO.91裸聊视频�

Founded in 2009, Uber sought to skirt taxi regulations and offer inexpensive transportation via a ride-sharing app. The consortium91裸聊视频檚 Uber Files revealed the extraordinary lengths that the company undertook to establish itself in nearly 30 countries.

The company91裸聊视频檚 lobbyists 91裸聊视频� including former aides to President Barack Obama 91裸聊视频� pressed government officials to drop their investigations, rewrite labor and taxi laws and relax background checks on drivers, the papers show.

The investigation found that Uber used 91裸聊视频渟tealth technology91裸聊视频� to fend off government investigations. The company, for example, used a 91裸聊视频渒ill switch91裸聊视频� that cut access to Uber servers and blocked authorities from grabbing evidence during raids in at least six countries. During a police raid in Amsterdam, the Uber Files reported, former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick personally issued an order: 91裸聊视频淧lease hit the kill switch ASAP 91裸聊视频� Access must be shut down in AMS (Amsterdam).91裸聊视频�

The consortium also reported that Kalanick saw the threat of violence against Uber drivers in France by aggrieved taxi drivers as a way to gain public support. 91裸聊视频淰iolence guarantee(s) success,91裸聊视频� Kalanick texted colleagues.

In a response to the consortium, Kalanick spokesman Devon Spurgeon said the former CEO 91裸聊视频渘ever suggested that Uber should take advantage of violence at the expense of driver safety.91裸聊视频�

The Uber Files say the company cut its tax bill by millions of dollars by sending profits through Bermuda and other tax havens, then 91裸聊视频渟ought to deflect attention from its tax liabilities by helping authorities collect taxes from its drivers.91裸聊视频�

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