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Rideshare Boycott Sparked By Murders In China (theatlantic.com)
Following a string of murders by drivers of China's top ridesharing app, Didi Chuxing, users are deleting the app in large numbers and calling for others to boycott the service. According to The Atlantic, "the hashtag #BoycottDidi on Weibo has garnered more than 1 million views." From the report: Over the weekend, the driver confessed to local police to raping and stabbing his 20-year-old passenger on her way to a friend's birthday party. The murder is the second in three months -- this May, a young flight attendant was killed by her Didi driver. It is the third in a year -- last May, according to Caixin Global, another woman was strangled and killed by her driver. And it is the fourth in two years -- the year before that, a female teacher was robbed and killed after threats from her driver.
"As a platform, we have disappointed the public's trust in us and cannot shirk this responsibility," Didi said in a statement, admitting to failing to react quickly to another passenger's complaint filed against the driver the day before the murder. The rideshare company has suspended its Hitch services (as it did after the last murder) and fired two senior executives, one in charge of Hitch, its intercity carpooling service, and the other in charge of customer service. The Didi president, Jean Liu, oft-regarded as a hero for Chinese women in business, issued an apology on Tuesday. China's government is now cracking down on reform across the transportation sector.
"As a platform, we have disappointed the public's trust in us and cannot shirk this responsibility," Didi said in a statement, admitting to failing to react quickly to another passenger's complaint filed against the driver the day before the murder. The rideshare company has suspended its Hitch services (as it did after the last murder) and fired two senior executives, one in charge of Hitch, its intercity carpooling service, and the other in charge of customer service. The Didi president, Jean Liu, oft-regarded as a hero for Chinese women in business, issued an apology on Tuesday. China's government is now cracking down on reform across the transportation sector.
Meanwhile, in the US, we are attempting to prevent women under 21 from obtaining firearms and concealed carry permits.
I'll leave it up to you to figure out why some people think that is a good idea.
As a comparison, http://www.whosdrivingyou.org/...
Yeah, good idea. That way they don't run a 0.000000000000001% change of getting murdered by one of the drivers.
never crossed my mind, that ridesharing could bring you in contact dangerous people like rapists and murderers, which was perhaps naive of me. however, i wonder why this is such a big problem in China, i never hear about uber rapes/murders in US/EU.
Is it a big problem?
It is the third in a year
How big is this rideshare service in China? How big is China? What is the murder rate overall? What is the murder rate from taxi drivers?
I mean, it might be a big problem (relative to other problems; obviously all murder is a problem). It would take some context to know if it is though.
Didi did more than allow an appearance-rating system to emerge. Apparently, they recruited male drivers using suggestive ads, hinting that hook-ups and relationships with female passengers could be a possibility, and promoted a case where a male driver who ended up marrying one of his female passengers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0...