AFP, SAN FRANCISCORide-sharing company Uber Technologies Inc, under fire around the world for its safety record, on Thursday said that it had tallied nearly 6,000 sexual assaults in the US over the past couple of years. Sexual assaults were reported on 0.00002 percent of trips, Uber said. “While these reports are rare, every report represents an individual who came forward to share an intensely painful experience,” it said. “Even one report is one too many.”Uber said that the figures also showed its drivers were attacked at about the same rate as passengers reporting sexual assault. The US report classified 5,981 sexual assaults ranging from “non-consensual sexual penetration” to unwanted kissing or touching.

Source: Taipei Times December 06, 2019 15:56 UTC