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> Except that Uber claims that the value-add its "marketplace" provides is vetting riders and drivers and providing safety.

Uber doesn't vet riders, and I'm quite sure their marketing material wouldn't claim that they do. I would imagine they do take some large share of the responsibility for vetting drivers.




Responding to ratings on riders and kicking riders off the platform might not be fingerprinting and background checking riders, but it still is gatekeeping their access to the system.




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