'Uber Files' Leak Reveals, 'Kill Switch,' Illegal Activities , Carried Out by Executives.<br />The "Uber files" include 124,000 documents that were leaked to 'The Guardian' by a former lobbyist for company, Mark MacGann.<br />It is my duty to speak up and help governments and parliamentarians right some fundamental wrongs, Mark MacGann, "Uber Files" Whistleblower, <br />via 'The Guardian'.<br />Morally, I had no choice in <br />the matter, Mark MacGann, "Uber Files" Whistleblower, <br />via 'The Guardian'.<br />The files span five years between 2013 and 2017 when co-founder Travis Kalanick was head of the company.<br />They reveal how a number of Uber executives routinely engaged in a range of illegal activities to bolster the company's prominence and power.<br />In addition, the documents reveal that Uber executives courted favor from some of the most powerful people in the world.<br />... including billionaires and world leaders such France's President Emmanuel Macron and President Joe Biden during his vice presidency.<br />... including billionaires and world leaders such France's President Emmanuel Macron and President Joe Biden during his vice presidency.<br />Uber seems also to have created a system to evade law enforcement agencies around the world that attempted to crack down on the company.<br />Known as a "kill switch," executives would order that access to the company's data system would be cut during office raids.<br />We have officially <br />become pirates, Uber Senior Executive, via 'The Guardian'.<br />Responding to the extraordinary leak of documents, Uber leadership acknowledged past "mistakes and missteps.".<br />We have not and will not make excuses for past behavior that is clearly not in line with our present values, Uber Stament, via 'The Guardian'.<br />Instead, we ask the public to judge us by what we’ve done over the last five years and what we will do in the years to come, Uber Stament, via 'The Guardian'
