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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rob Davies

The Uber files: how the leak prompted outrage across the world

The Uber files composite
Uber has said that it ‘has not and will not make excuses for past behaviour that is clearly not in line with our present values’, distancing the modern-day company from its past deeds. Composite: Guardian Design/Getty Images/Alamy

The release of the Uber files has prompted a frenzy of reaction around the world, piling pressure on senior politicians, fuelling calls for a crackdown on corporate lobbying and drawing outrage from groups including traditional taxi drivers.

The fuse was lit with the publication of revelations from a trove of more than 124,000 documents about Uber spanning from 2013 to 2017, leaked to the Guardian and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and international media.

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