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Uber To Pay Up To $25 Million For Misleading Advertising In California (bbc.co.uk)

Posted by BeauHD on from the false-advertising dept.

Bruce66423 writes: Uber has agreed to a settlement of $10 million for misleading advertising about the quality of its background checks for drivers. One particular concern was its absence of fingerprint-based checking.Uber has agreed to no longer use such terms as "safest drive on the road" in its advertising. Prosecutors said Uber failed to prevent 25 people with criminal records from becoming drivers, including several sex offenders and a convicted murderer. Another language change included renaming its "safe ride fee" as a "booking fee." Uber has agreed to make the $10 million payment within 60 days to settle the agreement, otherwise they will be forced to pay an additional $15 million in two years.

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  1. Failed to prevent? by thegarbz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What in the actual hell? Uber has "failed to prevent 25 people with criminal records from becoming drivers"? So frigging what?

    Either the people are normal every day people who should have no issue finding work, or they are dangerous criminals and shouldn't have been released. Why the heck should Uber be preventing free people from working?

  2. Just as an aside by H3lldr0p · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why are there laws and regulations preventing certain people form seeking employment based on past convictions?

    For the most part, prosecutors can't even bring that stuff up as part of a argument in a court.

    I get that we want to feel safe, but two things occur to me. First is that these people have "paid" for their crime. How is this not continuing a sentence after it's supposed to be over? Second, how do we expect people to make a better life after prison if we make it even harder for them to get gainful employment?