{"id":4766,"date":"2025-12-22T10:01:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T10:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/business\/video-uber-clears-violent-felons-to-drive\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T10:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T10:01:35","slug":"video-uber-clears-violent-felons-to-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/business\/video-uber-clears-violent-felons-to-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Uber Clears Violent Felons to Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"site-content\">\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p aria-live=\"assertive\" class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">new video loaded: <!-- -->Uber Clears Violent Felons to Drive<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"video-header\">\n<header class=\"css-jgknzh\">\n<div class=\"css-1gn3fip\">\n<div class=\"css-vabf4\">\n<div class=\"css-1331l0f\"><nyt-betamax class=\"css-wkvudm\"><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/player-0.2.10-BFNcGY1P.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-cover><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/cover-0.2.10-eTrf0IGY.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-poster><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/poster-0.2.10-BdueiXaE.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-poster><\/nyt-betamax-cover><nyt-betamax-overlay-controls><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/overlay-controls-0.2.10-CxT1wDjU.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/scrubber-0.2.10-allGBXvP.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-overlay-controls><nyt-betamax-ads><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/ads-0.2.10-C_YVzzUG.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-ads><\/nyt-betamax><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1r2245g\"><span class=\"css-hple31\">Our reporter, Emily Steel, found that in many states, Uber\u2019s guidelines allow people with serious criminal convictions to drive, as long as those convictions are more than seven years old. Some of those drivers have gone on to sexually assault or harass passengers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Emily Steel, Christina Shaman, Zach Caldwell, David Jouppi and Thomas Trudeau<\/p>\n<p>December 22, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/business\/100000010568210\/uber-clears-violent-felons-to-drive.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>new video loaded: Uber Clears Violent Felons to Drive Our reporter, Emily Steel, found that in many states, Uber\u2019s guidelines allow people with serious criminal convictions to drive, as long as those convictions are more than seven years old. Some of those drivers have gone on to sexually assault or harass passengers. 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