Kim van Sparrentak @kimvsparrentak@respublicae.eu

#UberFiles whistleblower Mark MacGann: “As taxi drivers took the streets, we told our drivers: ignore them. When politicians wanted to stop us, we co-opted them. We weaponised our drivers, and we weaponised our customers. Our mantra was: do whatever it takes: Uber-on”

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kimvsparrentak/status/1584922815442067461

#UberFiles whistleblower Mark MacGann: "When I was at Uber, we paid for academics to produce skewed datasets that would support Uber’s position."

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kimvsparrentak/status/1584922251119534084

Mark MacGann: “We told drivers they could make a decent living, be their own boss. It turned out we were selling a lie. That was never going to happen. For this business model to succeed someone had to suffer."

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kimvsparrentak/status/1584921717977260033

The hearing will start at 16:30 and can be followed through this link: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/committee-on-employment-and-social-affairs_20221025-1430-COMMITTEE-EMPL

But of course, my team and I will update you through Twitter as well!

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kimvsparrentak/status/1584899735286153217

As former top lobbyist, MacGann had access to over 120,000 internal documents, which even for the best journalists is impossible to completely process. What we have heard so far, could easily be just the tip of the iceberg.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kimvsparrentak/status/1584899405089488896

Thanks to the Uber Files, we now know of Uber's many transgressions, ranging from its illegal lobbying tactics, trampling workers' rights and Uber spying on its users. Today, Mark MacGann, the whistleblower who unveiled this, will speak in a hearing at the European Parliament.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kimvsparrentak/status/1584899316111626240

RT @NPORadio1: Hoe kan het Europees Parlement de macht van grote techbedrijven als Uber beteugelen? 'Meer transparantie, want dat is nu het grootste probleem' zegt @groenlinks-Europarlementarier @kimvsparrentak in @denieuwsbv.

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RT @denieuwsbv: Deze zomer lekte klokkenluider Mark MacGann duizenden interne documenten van Uber naar de pers. Daaruit bleek dat Uber in tientallen landen wetten overtrad. @GroenLinks-Europarlementarier @kimvsparrentak heeft hem uitgenodigd voor een hoorzitting in Brussel die zo begint.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kimvsparrentak/status/1584853614224449536

RT @TheSignalsNetw: 🚨 Today is the #UberFiles hearing at the EU Parliament where whistleblower Mark MacGann will be speaking about the treatment of drivers and the outsized lobbying power of platform companies. Tune in at 4:30 CET/10:30 EDT at the link below:

https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/committee-on-employment-and-social-affairs_20221025-1430-COMMITTEE-EMPL

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kimvsparrentak/status/1584834364986527744

RT @LamyaeA: FvD weet dondersgoed wat er gebeurt als je journalisten vergelijkt met ‘rioolratten’ en er dan een met naam toenaam en foto uitpikt. De reacties op YouTube en Instagram laten zien hoe mensen ermee aan de haal gaan. Dit is niet ok.

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RT @tweebosbuurt: Special : Acknowledge housing rights! - Pakhuis de Zwijger

With @leilanifarha @kimvsparrentak Rosa Beets(⁦@PILPNJCM⁩)

and @Jandevries2005

It is time to reclaim our right to adequate housing. https://dezwijger.nl/programma/erken-het-recht-op-wonen

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kimvsparrentak/status/1583526803238309888

RT @groenendijkp: Ruim dertig Rotterdamse raadsleden droegen vanavond wél de OneLove-aanvoerdersband.

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RT @Jandevries2005: Acknowledge housing rights! mooi programma met @leilanifarha @kimvsparrentak #AmsterdamCityRights, Rosa Beets van @PILPNJCM en @tweebosbuurt

https://dezwijger.nl/programma/erken-het-recht-op-wonen

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kimvsparrentak/status/1583396326678573056

En ze weten dat ze hiermee hele trollenlegers uit de krochten van het internet optrommelen. 🤮

💜💜💜 Voor mijn fantastische collega die ondanks alle haat keihard blijft werken voor een eerlijker en groener Nederland.
#hoopbovenhaat
RT @NadiaBouras: De racistische aanvallen op een Nederlands Kamerlid door politici, ‘journalisten’ en hoogleraren is weerzinwekkend en verontrustend.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kimvsparrentak/status/1583391810251915265

Zoals verwacht komen de rechten van vrouwen in Italië met de nieuwe regering zwaar onder druk te staan. Mijn solidariteit met de mensenrechtenstrijders daar💜.

En laat dit weer een les zijn dat verworven rechten ook weer omgekeerd kunnen worden.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/19/italian-senator-renews-anti-abortion-foetus-rights-proposal

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kimvsparrentak/status/1583370194059112453

Online violence leads to offline violence.

As politicians we have the moral duty to take action on this issue. By banning polarising algorithms, and equally important, by collectively standing up to the hatred against LGBTIQ+ people that is spewed in the political arena.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kimvsparrentak/status/1583125415824044032

Facebook verdiende een ton aan het verspreiden van pro-Russische desinformatie: we worden in een bubbel van extremisme gesleurd en Big Tech wordt lachend rijk. Als we polariserende algoritmes nu niet verbieden, spelen we Poetin in de kaart en hollen we onze democratie verder uit.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kimvsparrentak/status/1582750049133633537

@EU_Commission We tabled the written questions with 47 signatories from @GreensEFA @EPPGroup @TheProgressives and @RenewEurope. The full list of signatories can be found here: https://groenlinks.nl/sites/groenlinks/files/2022-10/Written%20Question%20Pro-Russian%20Disinformation%20Twitter%20Facebook%20%281%29.pdf

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kimvsparrentak/status/1582689664447614977

Ridiculous that Facebook earned 100K with a pro-Russian disinformation operation, promoted with paid advertising and amplified by interaction-based algorithms.
Tech companies make it too easy to manipulate, polarise, and threaten our democracies. @EU_Commission, intervene! 👇

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/kimvsparrentak/status/1582676719713935361

RT @GreensEFA: "This winter, people in this Union will die from hunger & cold.

European leaders must take action for people: Don't lose sight of ending homelessness by 2030. Make sure no one will die from cold. A moratorium on evictions & energy cuts."

- our @kimvsparrentak on #EndPovertyDay

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