Re: Micron being told to resign because of the “Uber Files”, here’s info about them, read at link because of images etc:
https://greatgameindia.com/uber-files/
What Are The Uber Files
July 12, 2022
Mark MacGann made the decision to speak out because he thought the Uber’s senior executives had intentionally broken the law in numerous nations which led to the creation of the now infamous files. So what exactly are the Uber files?
The Uber files is a global investigation into the 124,000 private records that were released to the Guardian by the tech company. The information demonstrates how Uber broke the law, misled the authorities, took advantage of violence against drivers, and discretely lobbied governments throughout the world.
The documents leaked include emails, iMessages, and WhatsApp conversations between the top executives of the Silicon Valley firm, as well as notes, presentations, notebooks, briefing materials, and invoices.
The records span the years 2013 to 2017, during which time Uber transformed from a scrappy startup to a worldwide powerhouse that entered cities all over the world with little regard for taxi rules. The records cover 40 countries.
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) allowed the Guardian to distribute the information to 180 journalists from more than 40 media outlets in order to support a global inquiry.
What do they reveal?
The cache of more than 124,000 internal Uber files exposes the unethical tactics used by the company to impose its operations in new markets, frequently where they were prohibited by laws or regulations in place, before vehemently advocating for changes to those same laws or regulations to make room for it.
In his role as minister of the economy, Emmanuel Macron went above and beyond to help Uber and its effort to undermine the closed-shop taxi business in France, even assuring the company that he had negotiated a “deal” with its rivals in the French cabinet.
During raids on its operations in at least six different countries, senior Uber officials authorized the usage of a “kill switch” to prevent law enforcement and authorities from accessing confidential information.
David Plouffe and Jim Messina, two of Barack Obama’s top campaign aides, talked about assisting Uber in gaining access to authorities, leaders, and ambassadors.
Neelie Kroes, a former vice-president of the European Commission, worked covertly with Uber to contact a number of influential Dutch politicians, including the prime minister. Because of how delicately sensitive her connection with the corporation was, its chief European lobbyist issued a warning that it was “highly confidential and should not be discussed outside this group.”
At least six members of the UK government, including the chancellor at the time, George Osborne, and the future health secretary, Matt Hancock, failed to disclose private meetings where Uber advocated on their behalf.
The insider account of how Uber lobbied Boris Johnson through its links to the Conservative party in an effort to delay the implementation of new rules by Transport for London.
During inquiries into whether Uber’s European operations were set up in a tax-avoidance manner, one of the company’s top executives resigned.
(More at link)
Interesting. I was not aware of that. This caught my eye:
“David Plouffe and Jim Messina, two of Barack Obama’s top campaign aides, talked about assisting Uber in gaining access to authorities, leaders, and ambassadors.”
Obama, Macron and Johnson all involved. That alone tells you a lot.