Uber has acknowledged the software, known as “Greyball,” helped it identify and circumvent government officials who were trying to clamp down on Uber in areas where its service had not yet been ...

Before its IPO, Uber was mired in controversy, including the use of software called Greyball to evade regulators, as reported by the New York Times in 2017.

TikTok is strongly pushing back against a Forbes report alleging that its parent company wanted to use the video app to “monitor the personal location of some specific American citizens.” ...

Uber used a secret program to obstruct government investigations into their operations. Uber had “kill switches” that would block regulators’ access to the app when it was being investigated and to ...

Uber's own reckoning has been mixed. Court challenges have forced it to pay drivers a minimum wage in the UK, but the company hasn't been punished for creating a ghost app to thwart city officials' ...

But that engineering prowess didn't just go toward a sleek app. Uber harnessed tools known as the kill switch, Greyball and Casper to thwart authorities investigating its service.

 And then there's the "Kill Switch," which sounds illegal as hell, though the company insists it's a common tool in business, much like the previously reported Greyball program used by the company: ...

The new reporting also goes beyond what was previously known about Greyball, Uber’s internal system to make sure regulators couldn’t hail an Uber.

The Uber Files is an international investigation into the ride-hailing company’s aggressive entrance into cities around the world — while frequently challenging the reach of existing laws and ...

Findings from the Uber Files, an investigation based on more than 124,000 documents, expose the company's aggressive entrance into cities around the world.

Uber has been given a 30-month license to operate in London. The ridesharing service had its license revoked twice by the city’s regulator in the past.