Tomorrow we are supposed to learn the answer to this, but the story in the news doesn't bode well.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...ushpmg00000009
"Uber Faces Criminal Probe Over Software Used To Evade Authorities
The criminal probe adds to the problems facing the struggling company."
And in Italy:
http://www.corriere.it/tecnologia/ec...8eb1814c.shtml
Uber e il programma per evitare i controlli della polizia: aperta indagine penale negli Usa Dopo le rivelazioni del New York Times sul software Greyball, usato dalla societą per evitare le autoritą, il dipartimento di giustizia americano ha deciso di vederci chiaro.
"Uber uses a software program 'Greyball' to avoid regulations: Criminal penalties in the USA after the NY Times investigation, the US Justice Department has decided it clearly sees it that way."
And,
http://www.corriere.it/tecnologia/ec...8eb1814c.shtml
Un periodo «nero» " "A period of acting outside the law"
La sua reputazione peggiora dopo le rilevazioni sul trattamento discriminatorio da parte di alcune dipendenti e sulla controversa posizione del suo Ceo, Travis Kalanick. Poi le accuse da parte di Google, che sta cercando di dimostrare come Uber abbia rubato la sua tecnologia per l’auto a guida autonoma. Ma i problemi legali, a quanto pare, potrebbero essere ancora pił seri.
"Their reputation continues to worsen with revelations of discriminatory practices against employees, and the controversial positions of the CEO. Now they're accused by Google of stealing their technology for driverless cars. Their legal problems might be even more serious than that."
The ruling to ban them from Italy, as has happened in other places, is supposed to be made tomorrow, May 5th. Their inability to stay out of the headlines on both sides of the Atlantic can't be helping them, nor can the recent ruling in Barcelona, "Uber is banned for the foreseeable future because it won't adjust to the regulations."