London ∙ ICIJ, an international journalist group, has released the Uber files containing 124,000 documents, making serious allegations against prominent figures including French President Emmanuel Macron. The documents allege that Uber, a giant in the field of transportation, has committed massive irregularities and violations of law at the international level. Details will be published in the coming days.
Protests by taxi drivers against Uber in France were sabotaged by political influence. Emmanuel Macron, who was the French finance minister at the time, helped Uber. Company backed Uber drivers to stage illegal strike to counter taxi strike – Uber files say
The Uber files cover 40 countries from 2013 to 2017, when company co-founder Travis Kalanick was CEO of Uber. It contains Kalanick’s WhatsApp messages and emails.
English Summary: ICJI report against Uber