Uber pays $20 million over claims about driver earnings

Uber will pay $20 million to settle federal charges that the ride-hailing company promised higher earnings than it could deliver in an effort to lure as many drivers as possible to the platform, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday. San Francisco-based Uber advertised that drivers made a median income of more than $74,000 a year in San Francisco, but drivers’ actual median income was $53,000, according to the federal agency.