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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Paul Lewis, Harry Davies, Lisa O'Carroll, Simon Goodley and Felicity Lawrence

The Uber whistleblower: I’m exposing a system that sold people a lie

Mark MacGann
The one-time cheerleader-in-chief for Uber in Europe, Mark MacGann now looks set to become one of its sharpest critics. Composite: David Levene/Guardian Design/Alamy/Getty Images/Reuters

Mark MacGann, a career lobbyist who led Uber’s efforts to win over governments across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has come forward to identify himself as the source who leaked more than 124,000 company files to the Guardian.

MacGann decided to speak out, he says, because he believes Uber knowingly flouted laws in dozens of countries and misled people about the benefits to drivers of the company’s gig-economy model.

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