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Antitrust - Uber - Allegations of misleading consumers over in-app taxi comparison (Australia)

Uber has agreed to pay a consumer-law penalty in Australia totaling $18.36 million over misleading cancellation-fee messages sent to users of their ride-hailing app, as well as information provided by the ride-hailing company's in-app taxi service, Uber Taxi. The company faces a penalty of A$18 million for the misleading cancellation-fee messages and A$8 million for inflating the estimated cost of a taxi, when compared to the price of an Uber ride. The Federal Court of Australia must ratify the proposed penalty put forward by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. Federal Court of Australia casefile number: VID218/2022.

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