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TechCrunch Daily Crunch

Daily Crunch 11/11/21

TechCrunch Daily Crunch

SpokenLayer

News, Tech News, Technology

3.849 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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The DOJ is suing Uber over claims its ‘wait time’ fee policy discriminates against people with disabilities; YouTube is removing the dislike count on all videos across its platform; Twitter is building a crypto team Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Here is your Daily Crunch. The Department of Justice is suing Ridehailing Giant Uber over claims that the company

1:00.5

discriminates against passengers with disabilities in violation of the

1:04.7

U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act.

1:07.2

The suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday

1:12.3

alleged that Uber's practice of imposing

1:14.7

wait time fees on passengers with disabilities constituted discrimination

1:19.6

as those passengers may need more time to board the vehicle due to that disability.

1:24.4

Uber launched its way time policy in April 2016, charging fees from two minutes after the

1:29.6

Uber vehicle arrives at the designated pickup location.

1:32.8

Uber does not give discretion to drivers to waive or otherwise alter wait time fees,

1:37.6

which are calculated automatically in the app.

1:40.8

Meanwhile, YouTube announced Wednesday its decision to make the dislike count on videos private across its platform.

1:47.0

The decision is likely to be controversial given the extent that it impacts the public's visibility into a video's reception.

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