And the downward spiral of damaging news for Uber continues this week, as well. This time, the company is in the news for engaging in a secret programme to evade law enforcement in certain markets.

Uber Technologies says it will stop using technological tools such as "Greyball" to evade government officials seeking to identify and block the service's drivers. WSJ's Lee Hawkins explains.

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March 2017: The New York Times reveals Uber has been secretly deceiving authorities for years with a tool called 'Greyball' Uber used the tool to evade authorities, particularly at times when city ...