Uber Temporarily Suspends Brussels Service in First for Europe

Uber Temporarily Suspends Brussels Service in First for Europe
A screen displays the company logo of Uber Technologies Inc. on the day of its IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on May 10, 2019. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
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BRUSSELS—Uber Technologies Inc. joined a protest of its drivers in Brussels on Thursday with an unprecedented suspension of its service in the Belgian capital.

Rules dating back to 1995 prohibit drivers from using smartphones, meaning those that use the Uber app to pick up customers and to drive them to their destination risk losing their vehicles, Uber said in a blog.