Uber and Lyft ban rightwing activist after racist tweets

After Charlottesville, tech companies have taken a stronger stance against hate speech.

In the aftermath of the attack in Lower Manhattan, in which a former Uber and Lyft driver is accused of ramming his truck into pedestrians and cyclists, killing eight people and injuring 11 more, an outspoken rightwing commentator has been banned from both services for posting inflammatory tweets. 

Former Project Veritas activist Laura Loomer, a self-declared “Investigative Journalist”, tweeted: “Someone needs to create a non Islamic form of @uber or @lyft because I never want to support another Islamic immigrant driver.” Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Uber and Lyft ban rightwing activist after racist tweets