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Tech & Science Daily: Leaked Uber files ‘reveal secret lobbying of politicians’

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Evening Standard

Macron under pressure to explain 'secret deals' with US taxi company Uber

Opposition deputies have called for an enquiry into French President Emmanuel Macron's past support for online transport giant Uber when he worked for a socialist government. This follows media revelations accusing the former economy minister of making "secret deals" to bend legislative rules.

Radio France Internationale

Macron’s government survives no-confidence vote in parliament

French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne survived her first no-confidence vote in parliament on Monday sponsored by the hard-left opposition. The vote came as President Emmanuel Macron was under pressure to explain allegations of his past support for taxi app Uber while he was economy minister.

France 24

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Ministers secretly lobbied by Uber to influence London's transport policy

UBER secretly lobbied ministers in order to influence London’s transport policy, it has been reported.

The National (Scotland)

Secret texts, illegal actions: What we’ve learned from ‘the Uber Files’ so far

The Uber Files reveal secret meetings and texts with world leaders, drivers endangered for sympathy points, and admissions of illegal activity.

The New Daily

Uber admits to past mistakes; says it is a 'different' company now

NEW DELHI: As a leaked cache of confidential files illustrated its potentially dubious and illegal means to push into markets around the world, Uber said it will not make excuses for the past but wanted to be judged by its actions in the last five years.

The Times of India

‘A state scandal’: calls for inquiry into Macron’s links to Uber lobbying

Opposition politicians attack French president over reports he supported Uber’s efforts to disrupt taxi sector

The Guardian - UK

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The Moscow moves: how Mandelson’s firm helped Uber reach Russian elite

Leak shows how the former Labour minister used his access to pro-Kremlin oligarchs, including some now under sanctions

The Guardian - UK

Uber hired oligarch-linked Russian lobbyist despite bribery fears

Leak shows firm made effort to court several billionaires and state officials allegedly aligned with Vladimir Putin

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Uber broke laws and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals

More than 124,000 confidential documents leaked to the Guardian expose attempts to lobby Joe Biden and other world leaders. Plus the US cruise ships using Canada as a toilet bowl

The Guardian - UK

Leaked files put Uber in negative light

The files further that the ride share company "flouted laws, duped police and and secretly lobbied governments"

Salon

How global media are covering the Uber law-breaking revelations

From Washington Post’s reporting of the company thwarting government probes to Germany’s Süddeutsche Zeitung on Uber’s ‘wild west’ tactics

The Guardian - AU

Monday briefing: How disregard for the law turned Uber into a global empire

In today’s newsletter: What you need to know about the leak of 124,000 documents revealing inner workings of tech giant

The Guardian - UK

Star executive quit Uber as it faced pressure over UK tax structure

Questions raised for George Osborne – named as ‘strong advocate’ for firm – after revelations about avoidance strategy

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - UK

‘We needed Dave and George to lean on Boris’: Uber’s battle for London

The US firm used Tory connections to wage a relentless UK lobbying campaign, leaked files show

The Guardian - UK

The Uber files tell a simple truth: democracy depends on curbing mercenary tech giants

These revelations reveal the political credulity and negligence surrounding the growing power of Silicon Valley, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Osborne, Hancock and other ministers did not declare secret Uber meetings

Leaked files show at least six Tory ministers attended meetings that experts say expose UK lobbying loopholes

WEKU

Uber lobbied and used 'stealth' tech to block scrutiny, according to a new report

A nonprofit network of investigative reporters details charges of how the ride-sharing service pushed into markets around the world as a company spokesperson acknowledged "mistakes'' in the past.

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Axios

Leaked Uber files detail how politicians helped ride-sharing giant's global rise

An Uber lobbyist described France's Macron as a "true ally," according to the Guardian-led report.

The New Daily

Uber secretly lobbied governments, thwarted police: Report

Thousands of leaked documents have exposed Uber to have lobbied world political leaders to help the ride-sharing company.

Tribune News Service

Uber reportedly lobbied politicians, broke laws in global push

Uber Technologies Inc. attempted to lobby politicians and flouted laws as part of efforts to expand globally from 2013 to 2017, according to newspaper reports based on leaked documents.

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: the Uber files, female voters drift from Coalition, Djokovic takes Wimbledon

Monday: An unprecedented leak has laid bare the inside story of the tech giant. Plus: could positive thinking be making us feel less secure?

The Independent UK

Report: Uber lobbied, used 'stealth' tech to block scrutiny

As Uber pushed into markets around the world, the ride-sharing service lobbied political leaders to relax labor and taxi laws and used a “kill switch″ to thwart regulators and law enforcement

The Guardian - UK

‘We will not make excuses’: Uber responds to Uber files leak

Statement from Jill Hazelbaker, Uber’s senior vice-president of public affairs, to global journalistic investigation

The Guardian - UK

Former EU digital chief secretly helped Uber lobby Dutch PM, leak suggests

Files appear to show Neelie Kroes trying to assist firm during ‘cooling-off’ period after leaving commission

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