The whistleblower in the Uber Files cases has revealed himself. Mark Macgann, a lobbyist who helped Uber expand across Europe, the Middle East and Africa by winning over governments, has now claimed responsibility for leaking more than 124,000 company files to the Guardian.
MacGann believes that Uber knowingly defied laws in at least a dozen countries and also lied about the benefits to drivers of the company's gig-economy model.
He told the Guardian “I am partly responsible, I was the one talking to governments, I was the one pushing this with the media, I was the one telling people that they should change the rules because drivers were going to benefit and people were going to get so much economic opportunity."
“When that turned out not to be the case – we had actually sold people a lie – how can you have a clear conscience if you don’t stand up and own your contribution to how people are being treated today?”
"I regret being part of a group of people which massaged the facts to earn the trust of drivers, of consumers and of political elites,” he said. “I should have shown more common sense and pushed harder to stop the craziness. It is my duty to [now] speak up and help governments and parliamentarians right some fundamental wrongs. Morally, I had no choice in the matter.”
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