British media: Due to security -related issues, more than 500 female passengers have collectively sued Uber in the San Francisco Court

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] On the 13th, more than 500 female passengers sued the online car giant Uber in the San Francisco Court.According to the British "Times" report on the 14th, the plaintiff's acting lawyer of the case pointed out that Uber learned from 2014 that some female passengers were sexually assaulted, raped, followed, and harassed by online car drivers, but the company's business growth would grow, but the company's business growthPlace it on the safety of passengers.

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It is reported that Uber began to collect a $ 1 "safety fee" to passengers in 2014, and said that the money would be used to support Uber to realize the "industry -leading driver background survey".However, some former employees disclosed that Uber just said verbally that it was safer to take a taxi. In fact, Uber wanted to increase profits by "safety fee".In June this year, Uber released its second "US Security Report", which disclosed nearly 1,000 sexual assault incidents, but Uber pointed out that the number of sexual assault complaints in the current safety report was reduced by 38 compared with the first report of the report.%.(Zhen Xiang)

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