Uber’s rapid rise has brought an even sharper increase in disputed activities — from violating city rules on licensing and safety to invading critics’ privacy to tolerating sexual harassment. This site indexes and organizes selected examples, providing summaries and citations for each.
Issues by category:
- airports (6)
- admissions (2)
- billing (19)
- board of directors (15)
- bystanders and pedestrians (8)
- competition (5)
- competitors (14)
- cover-ups (32)
- disabilities (7)
- driverless/self-driving (26)
- drivers (46)
- drugs (3)
- employees (23)
- fines (7)
- gender (27)
- insurance (2)
- investors (10)
- litigation (44)
- lobbying (3)
- passengers (48)
- privacy (14)
- private investigators (5)
- regulators (43)
- safety (39)
- surge (3)
- tax (6)
- specific managers
- Arianna Huffington (3)
- Travis Kalanick (34)
- Dara Khosrowshahi (1)
- Anthony Levandowski (8)
- Emil Michael (6)
- David Plouffe (1)
- Joe Sullivan (6)
- Salle Yoo (11)
- specific regions
- Arizona (3)
- California (14)
- Florida (3)
- Illinois (5)
- Massachusetts (4)
- New York (12)
- Oregon (3)
- Pennsylvania (4)
- Texas (1)
- Washington, DC (1)
- Canada (1)
- Africa (2)
- Asia (15)
- Europe (14)
- Latin America (4)
Latest additions:
- New York City Councilors regretted their decision not to restrain growth of Uber in New York, regulators
- Opposed De Blasio plan to limit number of vehicles in New York, regulators
- Uber “software bug” led self-driving car to hit pedestrian in driverless/self-driving
- Victims of sexual assault, rape, harassment, and gender-motivated violence criticized Uber’s arbitration clause in board of directors, gender, litigation, safety
- Australian competition regulator scrutinized Uber Eats contracts in Asia, regulators
- EU’s top court said France can bring criminal charges against Uber managers in employees, Europe, regulators
- Denied refund to passenger whose driver extended ride and used passenger phone to give himself a tip in billing, passengers
- Female engineers sued, claiming unequal pay and benefits in employees, gender, litigation
- Holder report offered devastating critique in Emil Michael, employees
- Then-CEO Kalanick indicted in South Korea for violating transportation law in Asia, regulators, Travis Kalanick
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This site is a work in progress. New examples arise daily, and there is a substantial backlog of prior material waiting to be added. Assistance, additions, and suggestions all appreciated! Contact us.