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Emmanuel Macron among politicians who aided lobbying

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Thousands of leaked files have revealed how far ride-share company Uber went in lobbying world political leaders to help boost its growth.Dubbed The Uber Files, the leak shows how Uber received extensive help from politicians such as French President Emmanuel Macron and former EU commissioner Neelie Kroes to relax labour and taxi laws, and to avoid

He Uber Files show how the ride-hailing company found ways around laws, and lobbied aggressively with governments during the period of its dramatic expansion.

A new trove of leaked documents show Uber exploited violence against drivers, duped regulators in bid to kill taxi industry.

Nonprofit network scours internal company texts, emails, invoices and other documents to deliver what it calls ‘an unprecedented look into the ways Uber defied taxi laws and upended workers' rights’

Regulators entered Uber’s offices only to see computers go dark before their eyes as the company used covert tech to thwart government raids, leaked records show.

The report revealed Sunday revealed the extraordinary lengths Uber undertook to establish itself in nearly 30 countries.

WASHINGTON -- As Uber pushed into markets around the world, the ride-sharing service lobbied political leaders to relax labor and taxi laws, used a "kill switch" to thwart regulators and law enforcement, channeled money through Bermuda and other tax havens and considered portraying violence against its drivers as a way to gain public sympathy, according to a report released Sunday.

Uber lobbied, used stealth tech to block scrutiny: Report