Uber 'deeply hurting' after sexual harassment claims, it tells users deleting their accounts

Customers trying to delete their Uber account in light of former employee Susan Fowler's sexual harassment allegations have started receiving a notification referencing the incident. The taxi-hailing app company is launching an "urgent investigation" into the workplace issues raised by Ms Fowler, and has hired former US President Barack Obama's Attorney General Eric Holder to lead it. The claims have prompted the latest in a series of backlashes against Uber, with customers urging users to delete their accounts. "Everyone at Uber is deeply hurting after reading Susan Fowler's blog post," reads a message seen by Mashable, which is being sent to users in the process of cutting their ties with Uber. "What she describes is abhorrent and against everything Uber stands for and believes in."