Uber says it received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault in U.S. in 2018

By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday said it had received more than 3,000 reports of sexual assault, including rape, related to its trips in the United States in 2018, at a time when it operated roughly 1.3 billion rides. Uber said https://ift.tt/2DSdfNM the 2018 figures represented a 16% drop in the rate of incidents from the previous year in the five most serious categories of sexual assault reported. The company also said that reports of assaults on passengers overlooked the risks for drivers

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