Uber Disciplines N.Y. Manager Who Tracked Reporter's Travel Data

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Uber Technologies Inc., which has faced criticism after an executive suggested he was willing to pay to investigate reporters’ lives, took disciplinary actions against a manager for tracking a journalist’s movements.

Uber, the online car-booking company, had been looking into the actions of Josh Mohrer, general manager of its New York business, for following the whereabouts of a BuzzFeed reporter without her permission. The San Francisco-based company announced the unspecified disciplinary action today in a two-line statement.