Uber fined $14 million for misleading fare and cancelation fee estimates

Australia’s Federal Court fined ridesharing company Uber Technologies Inc. $21 million Australian (414 million) for misleading customers about fare estimates and trip cancelation fees, ABC News reported. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission sued Uber for displaying a misleading warning over trip cancelation fees between December 2017 and September 2021 and showing misleading taxi fare estimates for its “Uber Taxi” ride option between June 2018 and August 2020.