I don't usually do crossposts as I find it can reflect poorly, but, in this case I feel it's necessary.

The following is an "emergency annex" created and posted in the last several hours since it came to my attention that Klout is shutting down on May 25th.

What's Klout?

In the shortest summary, Klout is/was a social media monitoring service not dissimilar to things we've heard about regarding Cambridge Analytica and Mark Zuckerberg's babbling over "AI",

Klout, through it's key people, can be linked up to Uber & Otto and thus curiosities regarding Imran Awan.

The pizzagate relevance up front, of course, being Imran Awan - I'm sure many have established his being relevant many times. That aside though, the linked thread does also link(abstract) to Weinstein and many other connections made in recent RoC entries, on the subject of cult/politician/PAC/corporate involvement in global corruption/'terrorism'/human rights abuses and efforts to catialize on such things - all the bits and pieces are there if you choose to read through everything including previous Chapter 2 entries and RoC - Part 15: April MOAB

New: Root of Corruption - Annex: The curious case of Imran Awan & Uber | Klout

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Notes from comment 1/4:

• The Pakistani roots of the Awan family, including their attempt to fly out to Pakistan - intercepted by the FBI.
• Awan claims he worked for Uber and needed mobility restrictions lifted, yet Uber states that they can find nothing to corroborate Awan having been an Uber driver - if it's true that Awan drove for Uber, has he actually revealed the account(s)/device(s) through which he accepted 'calls'?
• Is Uber participating in a cover up or has Awan used fraudulent methods to participate as a driver? Is it a case of both, in that Uber knows Awan concealed his identity on their services and they're pretending to know nothing about it?

For your convenience: I explain Uber's link to Klout in comment 2/4:

Okay, it's time for the wiki chain; buckle up:

[13. wiki: Travis Kalanick]:

Travis Cordell Kalanick (/ˈkælənɪk/) (born August 6, 1976) is an American businessman. He is the co-founder of Scour, a peer to peer file sharing application, Red Swoosh, a peer-to-peer content delivery network, and Uber, a transportation network company. Red Swoosh was sold to Akamai Technologies in 2007.[3][citation needed] Kalanick resigned from Uber in 2017 after reports that sexual harassment occurred under his tenure. He remains a shareholder and board-member.[4]

Kalanick is ranked 115th on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, with a net worth of $4.8 billion.[1]

[14. [13]: wiki: Red Swoosh]

[15. [13]: wiki: Uber]:

Uber Technologies Inc. is a peer-to-peer ridesharing, food delivery, and transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco, California, with operations in 633 cities worldwide. Its platforms can be accessed via its websites and mobile apps.

The name "Uber" is a reference to the common (and somewhat colloquial) word "uber", meaning "topmost" or "super", and having its origins in the German word über, meaning "above".[4]

Uber has been prominent in the sharing economy, so much so that the changes in industries as a result of it have been referred to as Uberisation.[5][6][7] Uber has also been the subject of protests and legal actions and the subject of a criminal investigation for its use of Greyball.

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Divisions UberEATS, Otto

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Operations

Levels of service

Uber offers various service levels and types. Not all service levels or types are available in every region.

Ride service levels include:[8]

• UberBLACK offers a black luxury vehicle
• UberKIDS provides a car with a child safety seat
• UberPETS includes pet transport
• UberPOOL, available for up to 2 people per party, is the lowest cost level of service, in which the customer may share a ride with other passengers going in the same general direction
• UberPOP offers a compact or subcompact car
• UberSELECT provides a car with a leather interior
• UberSUV offers an SUV
• UberX provides a private ride in a standard car for up to 4 passengers
• UberXL provides a larger car that can seat up to 6 passengers
• UberWAV offers a wheelchair accessible vehicle

Additionally:

• UberAUTO, available in Pakistan, provides transportation by auto rickshaw.[9]
• UberBOAT, a water-taxi service. In Istanbul, it offers transportation by Beneteau boats across the Bosporus strait.[10] It also offers speedboats in the summer along the coast of Croatia.[11] UberBOAT has also run in other cities during special events such as across Biscayne Bay during Miami Art Week.[12][13]

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[16. [15]: wiki: Otto (company)]

Otto[man]

[17. [13]: wiki: Akamai Technologies]

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Career

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Uber (2009–2017)

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Criticism of Kalanick's behavior at Uber

In 2017, it was reported that Kalanick had knowledge of sexual harassment allegations at Uber and did nothing.[46] In the same week, he asked his direct report,[47] Uber's SVP of Engineering Amit Singhal, to resign after a month for failing to disclose a sexual harassment claim during Singhal's 15 years as VP of Google Search, after Recode reported about it in media.[48][49][50] According to Reuters, he has "a reputation as an abrasive leader".[51][52]

In February 2017, a video was released where Kalanick was shimmying between two women in an UberBLACK, before arguing with an Uber driver during a heated debate in which he berated the driver.[53][54][55]

In March 2017, Uber VP of Business, Emil Michael contacted Kalanick's ex-girlfriend in an attempt to silence her into hiding an HR complaint. This backfired, with her speaking to The Information as a source present during an executive team outing with Kalanick, where Michael and four more Uber managers selected numbered women at a Korean escort bar, prompting a complaint one year later, by the female manager who attended.[56][57] She also has since spoken to Businessweek about Uber's India rape case.[58]

On June 21, 2017, he stepped down as the CEO of Uber because of the pressure from a majority of the investors as he was seen as a liability but will continue to stay on the company’s board.[59]

[18. [13]: wiki: Emil Michael]

Emil G. Michael (Arabic: إيميل مايكل‎ ; born September 19, 1972)[2] is an Egyptian-born American businessman.

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Career

Michael served as a special assistant to Robert Gates from 2009 until 2011.[5] In July 2012 he became Chief Operating Officer of Klout,[6] which he left to join Uber as Vice President of Business in September 2013.[5] In June 2017, Emil left his position at Uber after 4 years at the company. [7]

[19. [18]: wiki: Robert Gates]

[20. [18]: wiki: Klout]:

Klout is a website and mobile app that uses social media analytics to rate its users according to online social influence via the "Klout Score", which is a numerical value between 1 and 100. In determining the user score, Klout measures the size of a user's social media network and correlates the content created to measure how other users interact with that content.[3] Klout launched in 2008.[4]

Klout uses Bing, Facebook, Foursquare, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, and Wikipedia data to create Klout user profiles that are assigned a unique "Klout Score".[5] Klout scores range from 1 to 100, with higher scores corresponding to a higher ranking of the breadth and strength of one's online social influence. While all Twitter users are assigned a score, users who register at Klout can link multiple social networks, of which network data is then aggregated to influence the user's Klout Score.

Lithium Technologies, who acquired the site in March 2014, announced on May 10th, 2018 that they will end the service on May 25, 2018.[6]

Figured I'd include that part at least - if mods want to 24hr, that's fine :)