Forget getting kicked out of Austin — Uber just got banned from an entire country.
The ride-hailing service is now blocked in Italy after a judge ruled Friday that it created unfair competition.
Unlike rulings in other European countries, where the use of UberX or the European version (UberPop) has been limited, Italy's ruling blocks all of Uber's services: UberBLACK, UberLUX, UberX, UberXL and UberSelect among them.
Italy's taxi associations succeeded in winning the ruling after they brought a lawsuit against Uber to court. In addition to its ban against Uber operating, the ruling also prevents Uber from advertising in Italy at all. Read more...
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