We talked about Uber's report re: sexual assaults & why I am not prepared to give a company any cookies for overdue "transparency" without an accountability plan.

Transparency w/o accountability furthers violence.

Uber drivers & passengers deserve more.https://t.co/NQCLDPcSGB

— Saadia Muzaffar ?️‍? سعدية (@ThisTechGirl) December 8, 2019

Uber revealed this week that 3,000 passengers and drivers were sexually assaulted last year.

So I interviewed its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi @washingtonpost to ask: When someone gets raped in an Uber, who is responsible?

His answers have it both ways: https://t.co/afwxcjImL5

— Geoffrey A. Fowler (@geoffreyfowler) December 7, 2019

On one side, Khosrowshahi says is Uber is leading the entire industry to reduce the rate of assaults to as close to zero as possible.

"I think our responsibility is great, it is enormous,” he said.

— Geoffrey A. Fowler (@geoffreyfowler) December 7, 2019

Yesterday, you might have heard that Uber published data about the sexual assaults that occur on its platform. Transparency about this issue is incredibly important, but I think the way Uber went about writing its report is problematic: https://t.co/i3QCpcB1Tt

— kate conger (@kateconger) December 6, 2019

Uber's safety investigators are reportedly more concerned about protecting their company from liability than protecting passengers and drivers. Misclassifying their employees as contractors is just another way to avoid responsibility. Uber must be held accountable. https://t.co/Fo43BWf4kc

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) December 7, 2019

This is thoughtful and I agree. It's helpful to see behind the scenes in getting to real numbers--and how Uber is being so Uberish in how it shares them https://t.co/HtjD2XogpV

— Ellen K. Pao (@ekp) December 6, 2019

CMS Administrator Seema Verma spent $3 million in taxpayer dollars on outside consultants to boost her brand. That likely violated appropriations law, which requires Congress to designate the funds specifically for that purpose.https://t.co/XAGOezpVZ4

— Winter Storm (@AShoutOutfromMN) December 8, 2019

Opinion | The Gig Economy’s Sexual Misconduct Problem, and How to Fix It https://t.co/f3jMddqPsB

— SocWomen (@socwomen) December 9, 2019

Read @AJRavenelleNYC latest in the @nytopinion “The Gig Economy’s Sexual Misconduct Problem, and How to Fix It” @unccollege @ShufordProgram https://t.co/DqEx3qWB0f

— UNC Sociology (@UNCSociology) December 9, 2019

New piece in @nytopinion by a #sociologist who knows a lot about the #GigEconomy: @AJRavenelleNYC https://t.co/JYlFZF4JtK

— Women Also Know Stuff - Sociology (@WomenAlso) December 9, 2019

When Uber drivers and Task Rabbit-ers are told that abusive treatment or criminal acts are "simply bizarre, then the mistreatment of participants in the gig economy is an even bigger problem than statistics can reveal." -@AJRavenelleNYC https://t.co/Tdloj9XlqE

— Katie Wells (@KatieJWells) December 9, 2019

Alexandrea J. Ravenelle, UNC at Chapel Hill sociologist, on the gig economy's sexual misconduct problem, and how to fix it, in today's @nytimes https://t.co/zfQq4stDvt

— Social Forces (@SF_Journal) December 9, 2019

"Gig economy companies should be held responsible for the abuse that workers experience." – @AJRavenelleNYC https://t.co/o4OJMeGsiV

— R Givan (@rkgwork) December 9, 2019

If you can’t name the problem, how can you tame it?

If workers believe this behavior is not abusive or criminal, but simply bizarre, then the mistreatment of participants in the gig economy is an even bigger problem than statistics can reveal.https://t.co/jtD0FAm49m

— WorkplaceHarassment (@AboutHarassment) December 9, 2019

The Gig Economy’s Sexual Misconduct Problem, and How to Fix It. In my research I’ve heard countless tales of assault, harassment and abuse. Gig economy companies should be held responsible for the abuse that workers experience https://t.co/wDcteqe3n6

— Robert Went (@went1955) December 9, 2019

must read @AJRavenelleNYC on The Gig Economy’s Sexual Misconduct Problem, and How to Fix It https://t.co/2o4yZnmeAx

— Steven Vallas (@spvallas) December 9, 2019

Did you see the news on sexual assaults on Uber passengers? Prof @AJRavenelleNYC explains the depth of the problem in the gig economy at large, including the abuse of workers. https://t.co/nXcIemXb1c

— Sofya Aptekar (@sofyaaptekar) December 9, 2019