Uber has disclosed that 3,000 sexual assaults were reported on its U.S. rides last year, the first time it has revealed the scale of the safety problem that exists at ride-hailing companies. The report by Uber, however, helps illustrate how difficult it is to police what happens during rides booked on its app. But experts say sexual assault is a chronically underreported issue, and the figures were likely to undercount the true prevalence of sexual offenses on rides booked through the app. Uber said its data showed that drivers reported instances of sexual assault at the same rate as riders across the five most serious categories it recorded. [An Uber office segregated bathrooms for drivers and ‘employees’]Outside data on sexual assaults or deactivations at Uber is scarce.

Source: Washington Post December 05, 2019 23:34 UTC