A Timeline of Uber's Unfolding
Released on 07/12/2017
[Narrator] Uber's crises have come so fast
that they've piled on top of one another.
We lay them out here.
A group of Uber drivers filed a lawsuit
claiming that the company wrongly classified them
as independent contractors.
An Uber driver hit a family at a San Francisco crosswalk,
killing a six-year-old girl.
The company pushed back against a lawsuit
filed by the family using an insurance loophole.
News outlets confirm that New York City based
Uber employees deliberately ordered and canceled
thousands of rides from Gett and Lyft
in order to mess with their competitors' operations.
In a GQ profile of CEO Travis Kalanick,
a reporter suggested that Uber's success
has enhanced his chances with women.
His response, Yeah, we call that Boob-er.
Large scale taxi strikes begin popping up in London,
Berlin, Paris, and Madrid.
Uber is publicly criticized for using surge pricing
during emergencies.
Forbes reported that Uber has a God view,
a GPS trick that can track any user's location
while they're on the go.
A Buzzfeed news reporter said she was tracked
on her way to a meeting with an Uber general manager.
The company eventually agreed to pay a $20,000 fine
after an investigation.
India's Delhi region banned Uber amid allegations
that an Uber driver raped a female passenger.
The #deleteUber hashtag goes viral
after the company continued service during a taxi strike,
protesting Donald Trump's immigration ban
at New York City's JFK Airport.
Google self-driving spinoff Waymo filed a lawsuit
claiming Uber boosted its self-driving program
by stealing its trade secrets.
Senior executive Amit Singhal left the company
after failing to disclose a sexual harassment allegation
filed against him at Google.
Bloomberg published an embarrassing tape
of Kalanick swearing at an Uber driver.
[Fawzi] We started with $20.
[Travis] Bullshit.
[Narrator] Investigations of 215 staff complaints
resulted in the firing of 20 employees.
Uber fired an executive who was accused
of illegally obtaining private medical records
of the alleged rape victim in India in 2014.
Uber's senior vice president of business Emil Michael
agreed to leave Uber.
The findings from a four-month long
independent investigation of Uber
done by former Attorney General Eric Holder are released.
It included recommendations to
limit Kalanick's company responsibilities,
appoint an independent chairman,
and create an oversight committee on the company board.
Travis Kalanick resigns as CEO
after pressure from five major Uber investors.
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