ABC affiliate WMTW in Portland Spring, Maine, reports that 28-year-old Milo resident and ex-Uber driver Joseph Graston has been arrested. He faces charges of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact. Graston is accused of sexually assaulting a woman he picked up in Bangor while driving for Uber in June of 2022. The
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On Friday, September 16, 2022, President Biden signed a bill that will eliminate the statute of limitations to file civil claims for those who were sexually abused as minors. Titled, The Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act, the bill was passed by the United States House of Representatives
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The Reuters network recently featured an article detailing the Nigerian ride-hailing app HerRyde, which features exclusively women drivers. The app launched in August 2022, with 10 drivers and logged approximately 500 rides in its first month in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja. The driving force behind the launch of HerRyde was to cater
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WNBC New York reports C Gacela rideshare driver Milton Paguada has been arrested and charged with rape, sex abuse, and forcible touching after sexually abusing two different women who paid him to drive them home. Police say that each woman was heading home from work when Paguada forcibly touched one and raped the
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CNN Business has published an article detailing Uber’s latest safety feature for riders which allows someone to connect with a safety agent while making a trip. In an attempt to address safety concerns, Uber states that the purpose of the new capability is to help both riders or drivers in nervous situations
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The Los Angeles Times has published an article written by the San Francisco Public Press reporting that for the first time, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is requiring companies that operate in the ride-hailing industry to adopt comprehensive measures to prevent sexual assaults. The new procedures are the result of a
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An article recently published by The Guardian details a trove of 124,000 confidential documents – called the Uber files – that reveal how in its efforts to expand into new areas, Uber attempted to lobby politicians, knowingly broke laws, and utilized a “kill switch” during raids to keep police from viewing company
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A recent CNN Business article illustrates the sheer volume of sexual assault incidents recorded in Uber’s 2020 safety report. Despite the fact that the platform’s rider numbers plummeted in 2020, Uber reports 998 sexual assault incidents including 141 reports of rape. According to Uber, 91% of rape victims were riders and 81% of
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We recently reported on the $25 million settlement Lyft agreed to pay shareholders in order to resolve claims that Lyft was not transparent about systemic “safety problems” in the run up to the company’s IPO. A recently published Jezebel article promptly gives voice to the hypocrisy shown by Lyft shareholders. The “safety problems”
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A recent article published by Reuters reports that Lyft Inc has reached a $25,000,000 settlement to resolve claims by shareholders that the company concealed safety problems, including sexual assaults by drivers, before its initial public offering in 2019. Filed on Thursday, June 16, 2022, the preliminary all-cash settlement requires approval by U.S. District
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