On June 9, the online ride-sharing service “Yandex.Taxi” fired a driver from Bryansk, who refused to pick up a Black student from Congo. The incident sparked criticism of the Internet company on social media, with the hashtag #яндекскуколд (in English, “Yandex is a cuckold”) becoming a top trending topic on Twitter in Russia.
Many users demanded that the company apologize to the driver, and even called for a boycott of Yandex’s mobile apps. Meanwhile, the company maintains that “drivers prone to rudeness and racism” have no place at Yandex.Taxi.
Yandex fired a taxi driver for refusing an African passenger. Then a campaign defending the driver appeared on Twitter.Read More
