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The ride-share service is under investigation after texts, emails, memos and other documents reveal how executives engaged in questionable practices during its global expansion.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Uber aggressively pushed into markets around the world, the ride-sharing service lobbied political leaders to relax labor and taxi

As Uber aggressively 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.

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

It was mid-2015, taxi drivers in France overturned cars, burned tires and blocked access to the airport and train station in protest of Uber, the San

Uber lobbied political leaders to relax labor and taxi laws in an effort to globally expand and considered portraying violence against its drivers as a way to gain sympathy from the public.

The "Uber Files" leak of over 124,000 internal documents from Uber reveals how the ridesharing company prodded politicians and bent or broke laws during a period of global expansion from 2013 to 2017.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists says Uber defied taxi laws and upended workers’ rights

As Uber pushed into markets around the world, the ride-sharing service lobbied political leaders to relax labor and taxi laws and used a “kill switch″ to thwart regulators and law enforcement

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