Tuesday, 18 November 2014
quote [ A senior executive at Uber suggested that the company should consider hiring a team of opposition researchers to dig up dirt on its critics in the media ? and specifically to spread details of the personal life of a female journalist who has criticized the company. ]
http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/18/uber-says-wont-creep-journalists/ with a tad bit more info, as well.
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Yes, it's BUZZFEED, but if you ignore the asinine bullshit on the sidebar, it's a really interesting article, especially the brazen stupidity of bragging about something like this to a journalist and expecting that to make it okay.
Uber's had a history of attempting to discredit women assaulted by their drivers, and also not fully background checking said drivers.1