Uber and Lyft ban far-right activist who complained about Muslim Uber drivers
Laura Loomer complained she was late to a press conference because she could not find an Uber or Lyft driver who she did not believe was Muslim
By Maxwell Tani
Ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft banned a far-right activist who complained about Muslim Uber and Lyft drivers in the wake of a terrorist attack in New York City that was allegedly committed by a former Uber driver.
Uber told Business Insider in a brief email on Wednesday that Laura Loomer — a former Project Veritas activist with over 100,000 Twitter followers — had been banned for violating the platform’s community guidelines.
Lyft also told Business Insider in an email that it had deactivated Loomer’s account.
Loomer posted a series of tweets complaining about Muslims following Tuesday’s attack in which a former driver, who was Muslim, rammed into a bike lane, killing eight people and injuring 12.
Among those complaints, which sparked outrage online, Loomer lamented that she was late to a press conference because she could not find an Uber driver who she did not believe was Muslim.