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00:02Uber was fined $966 million by Dutch authorities for using automated systems to deactivate or
00:11suspend driver's accounts from 2018 to 2022, according to Reuters. Regulators said Uber
00:17failed to provide affected drivers with adequate information about the automated decisions.
00:22The Dutch Data Protection Authority said computers should not make decisions on their own
00:27that affect people's livelihoods. The fine is the second largest imposed by European authorities
00:33under the General Data Protection Regulation, behind a roughly $1.4 billion fine against
00:39Meta in 2023. The case followed a complaint in France, while Dutch authorities handled the
00:45matter because Uber is headquartered in the Netherlands. Uber did not immediately respond
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