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Originally published on ZeroHedge
A treasure trove of more than 124,000 confidential documents known as “The Uber Files” reveals the inside story of how Uber aggressively pushed into international markets
The unprecedented leak to The Guardian and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and other media outlets shows how the ride-sharing service wooed prime ministers, presidents, billionaires, and oligarchs for access to their home markets between 2013-17.
The files cover Uber’s operations across 40 countries during a period in which the company became a global behemoth, bulldozing its cab-hailing service into many of the cities in which it still operates today. — The Guardian
Uber’s history of disregarding local laws and regulations and even conducting law-breaking activities were detailed in the cache of files containing emails, iMessage, and WhatsApp messages, including conversations with co-founder Travis Kalanick and top-level execs.
In a 2014 message to a coworker, Uber’s former head of global communications, Nairi Hourdajian, reportedly stated: “Sometimes we have problems because, well, we’re just fucking illegal.”
In an exchange between Kalanick and execs, the co-founder overlooked concerns about sending French Uber drivers to demonstrate against the taxi industry. “I think it’s worth it … Violence guarantee[s] success,” Kalanick wrote to colleagues.
There were also messages between Kalanick and Emmanuel Macron, who helped the company into the French market — it was noted that Macron, then economy minister, secretly brokered deals with opponents in the French cabinet to allow the company to disrupt Europe’s taxi industry.
In 2016, Kalanick met with then-U.S. Vice President Biden at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He messaged his staff about Biden’s tardiness: “I’ve had my people let him know that every minute late he is, is one less minute he will have with me.”
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Detailed in The Uber Files, company execs held 100 meetings worldwide in 17 countries.
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The documents reveal for the first time Uber’s $90 million-a-year lobbying and public relations push to disrupt the global taxi industry.
In response to the data dump, Uber spokesperson Jill Hazelbaker admitted mistakes were made when Kalanick ran the company. However, his replacement, Dara Khosrowshahi, has been “tasked with transforming every aspect of how Uber operates” and has “installed the rigorous controls and compliance necessary to operate as a public company.”
“We have not and will not make excuses for past behavior that is clearly not in line with our present values. Instead, we ask the public to judge us by what we’ve done over the last five years and what we will do in the years to come,” Hazelbaker said.
One document revealed Uber developed a “kill switch” so that when authorities raided offices around the world, law enforcement seeking information on the company’s practices would be cut from access to the company’s data systems, thus preventing evidence gathering.
So the Corrupted Pimp Pedos Of Europe shoulfd be jailled……names !!!!!!
and the WEF Genocidal Faggots should be hanged !!!!
There has to be another take to this story.
Uber dodging the law is nothing new. Perhaps this is a concerted effort to justify a tax increase on online cabs, as millions in the West will switch to car-sharing to avoid the rising fuel costs.
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is based in Washington and has been orchestrating “leaks” with the help of absolutely mainstream, globalist outlets like WaPo, The Guardian, or Le Monde.
These Leaks included:
– LuxLeaks
– Panama Papers
– Swiss Leaks
– Pandora Papers
– etc.
each were attacks on famous tax havens, right when the US Empire tightened their grip on financing.
But for some reason we’ve never heard of the CityOfLondonLeaks or the DelawareLeaks — and you can’t count on Sen. Biden’s memory for that.
Each time, the leaks were specifically laying waste on powerful men, who, corrupt or not, were not exactly “Washington’s bastards”.
Thats attack on Macron, see my comment
France, Germany (Japan, usa) are said to be negociating peace for ukraine..
UK wants war.
Resulting struggle should explain Abbe assassination, attacks on Macron, schulz.. And resignation of B. Johnson.
Thats the continuation of Kissinger vs Soros opposition during last WEF
Kissinger gave a new interview and now he’s for war till the last Ukrainians as well. He might not had the memo before Davos.
Macron … ha Macron … if the department of state think that it’ll be enought to make him fall or even trip , they can’t be more wrong. French politicians are corrupt to such extend it can’t be a surprise for the frenchs. Alsthom/GE, Fincantierri & MSC, McKinsey, Pfizer, Rotshild, Blackrock, Vanguard, ADP, La Française des Jeux , Heracles Project & EDF, Areva & Uramines, Doctissimo, Numero23 … the guy is not corrupt , he is the purest incarnation of the corruption itself. Anyway … Still get re-elected.
Nah , if you want to make a coup in France you just have to corrupt Alliance and Unité SGP Police, it will be less expensive and much more effective.
Do you have a link to the new Kissing interview?
Kissinger. Autocorrect.
Sure i have :)
https://www.bitchute.com/video/u3POCfxsxxob/
Banking and business regulations are for the Gentiles to follow.
Chosen people are always free to exploit the situation.
Well, the kill switch was smart, F ALL Government Cabals!
I feel so sad for all normal Uber drivers who had to drive violent criminal Homo Erectus Niggers around. CEO should be sued. Evil jew
Big surprise: the same people who shut down the world economy based on lies and fraud has been discovered to be deeply corrupt.
Wait until all the jabbed deaths start becoming too difficult to hide.
Gates, Schwab: you ARE going to be in Gehenna when you leave this earth. You don’t want to go there, i promise you that. Change before it’s too late.
Stop bitching. Uber did a favor for everybody by break up mobsters controlling taxi monopolies worldwide. No more nasty kebab taxi drivers demanding 30% tips on already exorbital prices from airports.
𝑰 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 💰$𝟲,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏-𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝟱 𝒕𝒐 𝟲 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆. 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒅𝒐…………>>> 𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙝𝟭.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Travis Kalanick, always a money-worshipping Kike behind every illicit act imaginable. The greedy vile scum need to disappear the way of their genetic-soul ancestors….the dinosaurs. Make Joo extinction possible.