Uber received 400,000 reports of sexual misconduct from 2017 to 2022

Uber, the ride-hailing company, received 400,181 reports of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the US between 2017 and 2022, according to sealed documents seen by The New York Times. This number is significantly higher than the 12,522 serious sexual assault cases the company had previously disclosed. The report suggests that Uber failed to take adequate measures to improve passenger safety, such as pairing female passengers with female drivers, using sophisticated matching algorithms, and warning passengers about factors linked to attacks. In several cases, drivers with a recorded pattern of inappropriate behavior were kept on the platform and proceeded to sexually assault passengers. Uber has stated that the vast majority of its rides, around 99.9%, occur without incident. However, the company's growth-above-all culture and its reluctance to implement safety measures have been criticized as contributing to the high number of reported incidents.