A former executive at Uber has detailed how the company was “weaponising drivers” in its various fights against government regulation around the world, calling their practices “undemocratic and unfair” and “if not illegal, certainly unorthodox”. Mark MacGann is the man behind the so-called “Uber files” – a trove of documents leaked to newspapers which revealed the attempts the ride-hailing company made to influence policy and fight against stronger worker protections. Speaking at Web Summit in Lisbon in his first in-person interview since the revelations were published this summer, he alleged …