Lyft releases its first safety report, says it received 4,000+ reports of sexual assault, including 360 reports of rape, on its app from 2017 through 2019
because growth in trips outpaced rate of new assaults. A very Silicon Valley version of gaming crime stats https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Jeff Kirk / @kirker : Yet again I have to take issue with a @faizsays article inferring that there's a “rape problem” with rideshares. Not sure if it was left out by Lyft or WaPo, but the needed context here is the total # of rides over which these crimes took place. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Carrie / @carriecourogen : There is literally no safe way to go home at night if you are a woman. https://www.nytimes.com/... O...K / @kateconger : Lyft finally released its first safety report, which disclosed incidents of physical and sexual assault. It's been long overdue, according to lawyers for the victims https://www.nytimes.com/... Amanda Marcotte / @amandamarcotte : All credit to @alisonturkos for staying on this, despite the horrors she's faced in doing so. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @washingtonpost : Lyft collected more than 4,000 reports of sexual assault on its app dating from 2017 through 2019, in its long-promised first safety report showing the extent of the safety problems on it app https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Yet again I have to take issue with a @faizsays article inferring that there's a “rape problem” with rideshares. Not sure if it was left out by Lyft or WaPo, but the needed context here is the total # of rides over which these crimes took place. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ..…
Lyft's statistics on sexual and physical assaults, fatal crashes and other serious incidents were in line with Uber's, @kateconger writes. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Despite the no. of reported sexual assaults increasing every year, Lyft argues that the problem actually did not get worse over that time — because growth in trips outpaced rate of new assaults. A very Silicon Valley version of gaming crime stats https://www.washingtonpost.com/ .…
Lyft finally released its first safety report, which disclosed incidents of physical and sexual assault. It's been long overdue, according to lawyers for the victims https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lyft collected more than 4,000 reports of sexual assault on its app dating from 2017 through 2019, in its long-promised first safety report showing the extent of the safety problems on it app https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...