[Link] Lyft Has Received More Than 4,000 Sexual Assault Reports

Read: 22/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The report, released Thursday, breaks down sexual assault into five categories, including non-consensual sexual penetration, attempted sexual penetration, and non-consensual touching and kissing of body parts.

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[Link] How to Read Uber and Lyft's Purposefully Confusing Earnings Reports

Read: 5/8/2021 www.vice.com

For years, Uber and Lyft have claimed that profitability is just around the corner (or used accounting tricks to claim that they’re making money).

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[Link] Uber, Lyft Introduce Prop 22 Clone to Undermine Labor Law In Massachusetts

Read: 5/8/2021 www.vice.com

It’s nearly been a year since Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and Postmates wrote Proposition 22—a ballot measure that exempted them from following California labor laws—and spent $220 million on a deceptive campaign to pass it.

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