A provision tucked into a must-pass transportation bill could shield Uber and Lyft from lawsuits — as the companies battle thousands of injury and sexual assault claims.
A must-pass congressional funding package for the nation’s roads, bridges, and public infrastructure includes an industry-friendly carveout that would give ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft legal immunity from car crashes and injuries, according to a review of the bill text by The Lever.
Yeah, I checked this post from incognito/lemmy.world and I saw more comments, including one replying to me that our federation might be broken, which makes sense.
A must-pass congressional funding package for the nation’s roads, bridges, and public infrastructure includes an industry-friendly carveout that would give ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft legal immunity from car crashes and injuries, according to a review of the bill text by The Lever.
Did you know that all State Farm insurance agents are independent contractors for a similar reason? It’s to protect the company from legal liability.
Random, but do you also not see any upvotes/comments from anyone else except users of our instance?
Ah, so it’s not just me! I thought it was strange that there were no/few comments on any posts!
I can’t tell what instance your from in my phone app, things seem to be working for me today
We’re from the same instance. Do you see any other comments in this post beside ours?
I’m from infosec.pub and am noticing the same thing today. Very few comments and less upvotes.
I’m using Jerboa app. On this post I just see redacted and barkingspider in this comment thread.
Same now that you mention it, using voyager but probably not relevant
Yeah, I checked this post from incognito/lemmy.world and I saw more comments, including one replying to me that our federation might be broken, which makes sense.
Paging @[email protected]
It seems to have broke after I upgraded to the latest version of lemmy. I will try to figure out why and fix it.
That used to happen to me on SDF.org before their server took a long nap. Perhaps your home instance is having federation issues?