Under Mexico's 2024 platform-worker labor reform reclassifying app-based workers as employees, companies faced their first annual profit-sharing (PTU) distribution deadline in 2026. DiDi refused to distribute payments, stating that 'the companies in charge of complying with labor obligations have not yet completed their first year of operation.' Workers held a nationwide two-hour work stoppage on May 15, 2026 protesting unfair rates and the profit-sharing refusal across Uber, DiDi and (initially) Rappi platforms, demanding a collective labor agreement.
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DiDi Global
Chinese ride-hailing super-app. NYSE-listed in June 2021, forced to delist within months after Chinese cybersecurity regulators launched a data-security probe. Paid 8.026B yuan fine in 2022 over data-protection law violations.
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China's Cyberspace Administration fined DiDi 8.026 billion yuan for data protection violations after forced NYSE delisting
Jul 21, 2022reactive $1.2B
On July 21, 2022 the Cyberspace Administration of China announced an 8.026 billion yuan ($1.2B) fine against DiDi Global for violations of China's Cybersecurity Law, Data Security Law and Personal Information Protection Law, citing 16 violations including illegal collection of facial recognition data, passenger personal information and clipboard data. The fine followed a year-long data security review that began days after DiDi's June 2021 NYSE IPO and forced the company to delist from US markets in 2022.
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DiDi suspended Hitch carpool service after two female passengers murdered by drivers in three months
Aug 26, 2018negligent
In May and August 2018 two female DiDi Hitch passengers were murdered by drivers - 21-year-old Li Mingzhu in Zhengzhou (May) and a 20-year-old victim in Wenzhou (August). Investigation found DiDi had ignored prior complaints about the driver in the August case. Public outcry forced DiDi to suspend the Hitch carpool service for over a year, conduct a multi-week internal safety review, and overhaul driver background checks and emergency response systems. President Liu Qing and CEO Cheng Wei issued public apologies.