Uber fined $59 million for dodging questions about sexual assaults

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeUber has 30 days to pay a $59 million fine to California’s Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for failing to answer the regulator’s questions about a damning safety report released by the company in December 2019. If Uber doesn’t pay up and answer the outstanding questions, CPUC could suspend the company’s license to operate in the state, an administrative law judge ruled on Monday.
It’s the latest development in Uber’s long history of trouble with violence and assault between its drivers and passengers — trouble that competitor Lyft shares, too. News of the fine was first reported by The San Francisco Chronicle.
Regulators want to know more about Uber’s own damning safety report, released in 2019
The report, which Uber itself called…

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