Uber customers reported a significantly higher number of alleged sexual assaults or instances of sexual harassment than the company publicly disclosed for a recent six-year period, and executives at the ride-sharing app pulled back on plans for a women-matching safety program after Donald Trump’s election, according to a new report.

Between 2017 and 2022, a total of 400,181 Uber trips ended with reports of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the U.S., The New York Times said Wednesday , calling the problem “far more pervasive” than previously reported. Citing sealed court records, the newspaper said that on average, Uber received a report of disturbing sexual conduct once every eight minutes during the period.

Previously, Uber disclosed 12,522 instances of sexual assault betwee

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