Uber in the US may face criminal charges for the use of a software tool, known as Greyball. The software tool was one where it acted to deceive regulators as well as prevent them from Uber through manipulation of the user’s application. This was deployed out in areas where Uber had issues with the local regulators. In an exclusive report by
In an exclusive report by Reuters, the report stated that Uber has acknowledged the software and used it to in areas where its service has not been approved. The software would target potential users who might be regulators or officials and circumvent them in places such as Portland, Oregon. Since the news of the story that Uber was using such software tools by the New York Times, Uber has stopped using the software.
Uber has been receiving a lot of bad public relations publicity lately and this continues to increase its woes as the company seeks to search for a COO to manage the company’s operations.
