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The kill switch

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Uber · 2015-2017

Public statements in raid cities

When authorities arrived, Uber’s public posture was that it complied with lawful process and operated in good faith with cities.

Cooperation is the affordable sentence. A kill switch is a preference about what the record should contain when a third party enters the room.

The tell · If access dies when the inspector arrives, the archive was built for a different audience.

How this became public: Guardian / ICIJ Uber Files, 2022, from a former lobbyist’s leak.

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Pipe: Whistleblower. Guardian / ICIJ Uber Files, 2022, from a former lobbyist’s leak.

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Uber, cooperation-with-authorities story

2015-2017 · Public statements in raid cities

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Uber executives and security staff, raid-response protocol

circa 2015-2016 · Internal mail and systems, Uber Files

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