Company Editor

"uber": {
    "names": [
        "Uber",
        "Uber Technologies, Inc."
    ],
    "comment": "Uber is an American tech company that refuses to provide standard employee protections to its drivers [1], misled drivers about potential earnings [4], underpaid its drivers [5], and has had a culture of workplace sexual harassment [2][3]. Uber has avoided taxes using offshore companies [6], has discriminated against disabled passengers [7], and has conducted invasive surveillance on its passengers' journey data [8].",
    "sources": {
        "1": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211031160651/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/aug/27/gig-workers-massachusetts-lawsuit-independent-contractor-status",
        "2": "https://web.archive.org/web/20170607072309/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/06/uber-fires-employees-sexual-harassment-investigation",
        "3": "https://web.archive.org/web/20180909191906/https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/21/technology/uber-settlement/index.html",
        "4": "https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-ftc/uber-to-pay-20-million-to-settle-u-s-claims-it-misled-drivers-idUSKBN15334C",
        "5": "https://web.archive.org/web/20190109121055/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/23/uber-underpaid-drivers-new-york-city",
        "6": "https://web.archive.org/web/20180808002415/https://www.dw.com/en/paradise-papers-expose-tax-schemes-of-global-elite/a-41246087",
        "7": "https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/02/business/uber-blind-passenger-arbitration-trnd/index.html",
        "8": "https://web.archive.org/web/20120729043726/http://blog.uber.com/2012/03/26/uberdata-the-ride-of-glory/"
    },
    "tags": [
        "tech",
        "transport",
        "bad working conditions",
        "sexual harassment",
        "antiprivacy",
        "tax avoidance"
    ],
    "score": 30,
    "ownedBy": [],
    "logoUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Uber_logo_2018.svg",
    "siteUrl": "https://uber.com/",
    "updatedAt": "2024-04-20T08:48:25.117Z"
},