Dara Khosrowshahi on Uber's safety report, why two-thirds of rape cases haven't been reported to the police, and Uber's approach to driver and rider safety
and how Uber is being so Uberish in how it shares them https://t.co/... Kate Conger / @kateconger : Yesterday, you might have heard that Uber published data about the sexual assaults that occur on its platform. Transparency about this issue is incredibly important, but I think the way Uber went about writing its report is problematic: https://www.nytimes.com/... Geoffrey A. Fowler / @geoffreyfowler : Uber revealed this week that 3,000 passengers and drivers were sexually assaulted last year. So I interviewed its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi @washingtonpost to ask: When someone gets raped in an Uber, who is responsible? His answers have it both ways: https://wapo.st/34WXkJH Geoffrey A. Fowler / @geoffreyfowler : On one side, Khosrowshahi says is Uber is leading the entire industry to reduce the rate of assaults to as close to zero as possible. “I think our responsibility is great, it is enormous,” he said. Elizabeth Warren / @ewarren : Uber's safety investigators are reportedly more concerned about protecting their company from liability than protecting passengers and drivers. Misclassifying their employees as contractors is just another way to avoid responsibility. Uber must be held accountable. https://twitter.com/...
After 3,000 sexual assault reports last year, do you feel comfortable putting a drunk friend in an Uber alone? Uber CEO: “I do because the incident rates are incredibly low. But if I could, as a friend ... I would probably drop them off at home as well.” https://www.washingtonpos…
This is thoughtful and I agree. It's helpful to see behind the scenes in getting to real numbers—and how Uber is being so Uberish in how it shares them https://t.co/...
Yesterday, you might have heard that Uber published data about the sexual assaults that occur on its platform. Transparency about this issue is incredibly important, but I think the way Uber went about writing its report is problematic: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Uber revealed this week that 3,000 passengers and drivers were sexually assaulted last year. So I interviewed its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi @washingtonpost to ask: When someone gets raped in an Uber, who is responsible? His answers have it both ways: https://wapo.st/34WXkJH
On one side, Khosrowshahi says is Uber is leading the entire industry to reduce the rate of assaults to as close to zero as possible. “I think our responsibility is great, it is enormous,” he said.
Uber's safety investigators are reportedly more concerned about protecting their company from liability than protecting passengers and drivers. Misclassifying their employees as contractors is just another way to avoid responsibility. Uber must be held accountable. https://twitte…