Carpool drivers in China found to be live-streaming passengers
China rocked by string of ride-hailing scandals in recent days
On Tuesday morning, a woman in an unnamed Chinese city got into a car she had called online. The driver, who claimed to use the DiDa app (a rival to Didi Chuxing), was chatty. Throughout the half-hour ride, he asked about her age, profession and other personal information. At one point, he offered her water.
But at no time did he mention that their interactions were being live-streamed on the popular Chinese video site Huya, as viewers left lewd and suggestive comments.
But this comes at a sensitive time in China. The country’s ride-hailing business is still reeling from the rape and killing of a 20-year-old woman using Didi’s carpool service last week -- just months after another Didi driver killed a 21-year-old flight attendant.