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# “We’re just fucking illegal”: Uber Files reveal a pattern of shady behavior around the world
- URL: https://werd.io/were-just-fucking-illegal-uber-files-reveal-a-pattern-of/
- Published: 2022-07-18T12:32:59.000Z
- Updated: 2022-07-18T12:32:59.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:23

“The documents lay out how the company’s deep pockets during this era — Uber’s lobbying and PR budget was $90 million in 2016 alone — was used to secretly influence politicians, oligarchs, and regulators around the world, and even sometimes break local laws. Dozens of stories about the contents of the leak have been published since the documents surfaced. Rest of World compiled the most glaring findings from the leak concerning Uber’s operations in non-Western countries, including South Africa, India, Nigeria, and Russia.”

\[[Link](https://restofworld.org/2022/uber-files-rest-of-world/)\]