[BBC] Uber had 6,000 US sexual assault reports in two years

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Uber: 6,000 US sexual assault reports in two years

 

🗣 Vocabularies

1. embolden: to make someone brave

-  it "provides an opportunity to shed light on how this information-sharing emboldens our work for a safer future".

 

✍️ Summary

Uber said it received almost 6,000 reports of sexual assault in the United States in 2017 and 2018. 

The Chief Legal Officer at Uber said that "Most companies don't talk about the issues like sexual violence doing so risks inviting negative headlines and public criticism. But we feel it's time for a new approach"

and He also said that "Voluntarily publishing a report that discusses these difficult safety issues is not easy"

the document is the first time to show that the gig economy put people in harm's way.

 

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