SurveillanceHigh
Uber Deployed Secret Program To Deny Local Authorities Rides
- Occurred
- Oct 1, 2014
- Published
- Mar 3, 2017
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Uber developed a secret program "Greyball" which prevented known law enforcement officers in areas where its service violated regulations from receiving rides.
Developers
- Uber
Deployers
- Uber
Harmed parties
- local law enforcement officers
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Uber's Greyball program actively evaded law enforcement surveillance and regulatory oversight, constituting a significant transparency and compliance failure.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8