The Uber Files

What are the Uber files? A guide to cab-hailing firm’s ruthless expansion tactics

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Trove of documents leaked to the Guardian cast light on firm’s operations at height of its global rise The Uber files is a global investigation into a trove of 124,000 confidential documents from the tech company that were leaked to the Guardian. The data reveals how Uber flouted the law, duped police, exploited violence against drivers and secretly lobbied governments across the world. The leak consists of emails, iMessages and WhatsApp exchanges between the Silicon Valley giant’s most senior executives, as well as memos, presentations, notebooks, briefing papers and invoices. The files cover 40 countries and span from 2013 to 2017, the period in which Uber went from a plucky startup to a global behemoth, brute-forcing its way into cities around the world with little regard for taxi regulations. To facilitate a global investigation, the Guardian shared the data with 180 journalists at more than 40 media organisations via the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

Even when I was driving, I had a strong suspicion that Uber were evil. I'm glad I stopped being a driver and got a real job instead.

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