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Uber files: Leak shows politicians secretly helped the company

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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50 minutes

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Mon 11 Jul 2022 04:06GMT

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  • Mon 11 Jul 2022 04:06GMT