"This program denies ride requests to fraudulent users who are violating our terms of service," Uber said in a statement.
Image copyright EPA Image caption Uber said its Greyball software was used to "deny ride requests to fraudulent users"Uber has been using a secret program to prevent undercover regulators from shutting down the taxi-hailing service in cities around the world.
The software, called Greyball, was developed to help protect the company from "violations of terms of service".
Uber has acknowledged that Greyball has been used in multiple countries, the New York Times reports.
Read moreThe existence of the Greyball program was revealed in an article published in the New York Times on Friday, which attributed the information to four current and former Uber employees, who were not named.
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