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11/07/2022 04:06 GMT : Uber files: Leak shows politicians secretly helped the company

Uber files: Leak shows politicians secretly helped the company

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Thousands of leaked files have exposed how Uber courted top politicians

Thousands of leaked files have exposed how Uber courted top politicians, and how far it went to avoid justice

The Uber Files are a trove of more than 124,000 records, including 83,000 emails and 1,000 other files involving conversations, spanning 2013 to 2017. They reveal, for the first time, how a $90m-a-year lobbying and public relations effort recruited friendly politicians to help in its campaign to disrupt Europe's taxi industry.

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