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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Tobi Thomas

Uber Eats treats drivers as ‘numbers not humans’, says dismissed UK courier

An Uber Eats courier drives through London.
An Uber Eats courier drives through London. Photograph: Marcin Rogozinski/Alamy

A delivery driver who is suing Uber Eats in London over his dismissal from the company and claims its facial recognition technology is racially biased says the company treats couriers as “numbers rather than humans”.

Pa Edrissa Manjang worked for Uber Eats between November 2019 and April 2021 while employed full-time as a financial assistant.

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