Australia’s Federal Court has fined Uber A$21M, or $14M, for threatening cancellation fees it never charged and overstating fare estimates on some trips, Reuters’ Byron Kaye reports, citing the court ruling. The ride-sharing app warned users they would be charged for cancelling some rides from 2017 to 2021 and used an inaccurate software algothrim to calculate fares for a taxi service it provided until August 2020. Reference Link
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