Law firm hired by Cruise says Cruise didn't mislead regulators, they just had trouble using the internet. Verge proceeds to repeat the claim uncritically (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by sc_griffith@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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Actual framing:

Cruise wasn’t hiding the pedestrian-dragging video from regulators — it just had bad internet / An independent review of an incident in which a driverless Cruise vehicle dragged a pedestrian over 20 feet concludes the company has connectivity issues.

My expectations for journalists are low but goddamn

archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20240126195607/https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24050791/cruise-pedestrian-dragging-video-driverless-report

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[-] self@awful.systems 10 points 10 months ago

this is the exact same Cruise whose CEO started posting absolute bullshit on the orange site about this shortly before being fired. as usual, removing the CEO did nothing -- the whole company's thing is lying their asses off

this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2024

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