Uber France CEO taken into custody in wake of protests

Sum and Substance: Engadget Reports - "After days of violent protests and defiance on the part of Uber's French management, two of the company's employees were taken into custody for "illicit activity" today. Uber France CEO Thibaut Simphal and Uber European GM Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty were arrested for running the company's ride-sharing service illegally. TechCrunch reports the pair is also being held under suspicion of "concealing digital documents." Last week, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve took legal action to shut down UberPOP, the service that employs non-professional drivers to provide rides, in response to protests that blocked key transportation hubs."

My Take: While this development has to be unnerving to Uber, there is good evidence to believe that it will pass. It might even be a boost to Uber's operations in France as citizens voice their contempt of this action and show it by amping up their use of the ridesharing service. (See Article Below) Nobody ever said that disrupting an entire global industry would be easy.