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The Rose City isn\u2019t happy with\u00a0Uber\u2026 again. After the company failed to turn over details on its deeply sketchy \u201cGreyball\u201d software<\/a> by Portland\u2019s deadline, the city may\u00a0seek to compel Uber to hand it over with a subpoena.<\/p>\n Those intentions, reported by the Oregonian<\/a>, were articulated by Portland Commissioner Dan Saltzman, who oversees the city\u2019s Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). \u00a0\u201cIf I could issue a fine I thought would stand up, I would,\u201d Saltzman told the Oregonian. \u201cI\u2019m upset by what they did. My interest now is in making sure this doesn\u2019t happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n Following the New York Time report that Uber evaded regulators with a secret software program, the city of Portland launched its own investigation. Uber used the software to reject ride requests from Portland officials as the company operated illegally within the city in 2014. PBOT published a full audit of the Greyball scandal<\/a>\u00a0today.<\/p>\n Uber\u2019s premature\u00a0launch in Portland, long an Uber holdout, was particularly\u00a0rocky. The company openly flaunted city regulations before eventually agreeing to a pilot trial program in 2015, the year after it used Greyball within city limits.<\/p>\n Saltzman contends that the city needs access to both the company\u2019s strategy playbook and the software itself to conduct its investigation. He argues that if the Greyball tool can be used to reject rides from regulators, a similar program might discriminate against passengers that Uber deems less profitable. Saltzman joins Portland\u00a0Commissioner Nick Fish in calling for the city council to flex its subpoena power to get to the bottom of Uber\u2019s shady business practices.<\/p>\n For perspective, Portland\u2019s city council hasn\u2019t issued a subpoena since a\u00a02006 investigation into how Portland General Electric was involved in the Enron scandal<\/a>.<\/p>\n Featured Image: Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/gettyimages-541025566.jpg?w=680\")
The Rose City isn’t happy with\u00a0Uber… again. After the company failed to turn over details on its deeply sketchy “Greyball” software by Portland’s deadline, the city may\u00a0seek to compel Uber to hand it over with a subpoena. Those intentions, reported by the Oregonian, were articulated by Portland Commissioner Dan Saltzman, who oversees the city’s Bureau… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/img><\/a>
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