Tag: safety

Uber Sued for $2M over Teen’s Sexual Assault
Uber is facing yet another lawsuit after one of its drivers assaulted a passenger. The mother of a 13-year-old Virginia girl is suing the ridesharing company for $2 million, cl...
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Twitter Makes It Easier to Block a Bunch of Users at the Same Time
Twitter has just made another move in its uphill battle to curb abuse on the site. The social network is no...
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Can Twitter Curb Abuse or Is It Just Too Easy to Be a Troll?
Though many social networks, forums, and websites struggle with how to deal with abuse and harassment, Twitter is usually the first one mentioned when the issue is discussed. Twitt...
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Uber’s SOS Button Now Sends GPS Info to Police in India
In December of 2014, an Uber driver in India was arrested after a female passenger...
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Twitter Deploys New Algorithm to Fight Abuse
Twitter has a known and admitted problem with abusive content – one that trul...
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Uber Driver Accused of Rape Spent 14 Years in Prison
A Houston Uber driver accused a raping a passenger has a criminal record, and had just been released from prison three years ago, according to reports. 57-year-old Duncan Eric B...
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Uber Steals Facebook’s Chief Security Officer
Uber's just put a likely considerable amount of money where its mouth is, in regards to its promise to beef up the app's safety and security. The on-demand ride company...
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Uber Driver Tried to Rob Woman’s House After Dropping Her Off at the Airport
Tried is the operative word here, as our cunning Uber driver forgot that people oftentimes have roommates. Fifty one-year-old Gerald Montgomery...
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Twitter Makes Reporting Threats to Police a Little Easier
It's not a giant new feature or anything, but Twitter has taken yet another in a long line of recent steps to deal with abuse and harassment on the site. Starting now, if you re...
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Uber Sued by Woman Who Accused Driver of Rape in Delhi
In December, an Uber driver in India was arrested after a female passenger accused him of rape. Now, that passenger is suing Uber – in a US federal court. The woman, who is...
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Yelp Wants To Save Lives With Its API
Yelp announced that it's lending its API to the U.S. Department of Transporattion to use in its SaferRide app. The goal is to keep people from driving after they've had too much to...
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Uber Swears It’s Going to Make the Service Safer
Uber promises it's going to get safer. The last few months have been filled with high-profile stories involving bad Uber drivers with malicious intent. In the past, Uber drivers...
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Google Still Working On Kid Versions Of Its Products
Earlier this year news came out that Google was looking at catering to a...
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Twitter Makes Efforts To Combat Harassment
Twitter just announced that it's making some changes to how it handles harassment, which has become a pretty big problem on the Internet at large, but especially on Twitter where m...
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