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regulators tell cnn that is not enough and that government-run background checks that include fingerprinting potential drivers would go further in discovering histories of violence, but uber says fingerprints don t offer a complete picture of arrests and convictions. and uber has gone to great lengths to fight any government-run background checks. that s their game plan every single city, every single state, we re going to get a law passed that s just for us. it s their own special law for uber and lyft. a cnn investigation tallied more than 400 lobbyists across the country hired by uber, mostly to fight stricter oversight in many states even writing the laws. cnn s investigation reviewed all 43 states that have laws or rules on driver background checks, and they are strikingly similar. all but massachusetts leave background checks up to uber, and in 31 states the laws passed reflect uber s recommended wording on driver screening in
every single city. every single state. we re going to get a law passed just for us. it s their own special law for uber and lyft. reporter: a special investigate tallied more than 400 highed by uber mostly to fight stricter oversight. in many states, even writing the laws. cnn s investigation reviewed all 43 states that have laws or rules on driver background checks. and they are strikingly similar. all but massachusetts leave background checks up to uber. and in 31 states, the laws passed reflect uber s recommended wording on driver screening, in some cases, almost word for word. this e-mail from an uber lobbyist to a wyoming lawmaker shows just how influential uber can be. the uber lobbyist writes, they have two major issues with a draft of the bill, including the criminal background check provision. the lobbyist tells the lawmaker, change it back to the model language. it was.
oversight in many states, even writing the laws. cnn s investigation reviewed all 43 states that have laws or rules on driver background checks, and they are strikingly similar. all but massachusetts leave background checks up to uber. in 31 states, the laws passed reflect uber s recommended wording on driver screening in some cases almost word for word. this e-mail from an uber lobbyist to a wyoming lawmaker shows how influential uber can be. the uber lobbyist says they have two major issues with a draft of the bill, including the criminal background check provision. the lobbyist tells the lawmaker, change it back to the model language. it was, three former uber employees who worked on policy tell cnn uber wants to control its screening process to get drivers on the road as soon as possible. georgia legislator alan powell says uber s attitude is states have no business screening its
uber has been workinging closely with law enforcement and we ll continue to do everything we can to assist in their investigation. in new delhi, a driver had been accused of a similar crime, that as the company stresses that safety is its number one priority and it is working on security enhancements. there have been other recent issues. in san francisco, the company s hometown and in los angeles, a lawsuit filed by the d.a.s accuses the companies about misleading about driver background checks. in portland, madrid and bangkok, they have to seize operations. in paris, the court has banned uber pop after the taxi industry protested. all this for a company that just launched four years ago and is now valued at more than $40 billion. as an entrepreneur did you ever think you d be running a car service? absolutely not. reporter: that s uber ceo back in the early days
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