Lyft praised for banning tech CEO’s wife over complaint about pro-Palestine sticker on driver’s car

A New York City-based fintech CEO said his wife was briefly banned from using Lyft after she reported her driver for a bumper sticker that he claimed read “Free Palestine” in Arabic. 

Ken Book, co-founder and CEO of startup Pointwise, posted about his wife’s experience on X, only to be met with a flood of online backlash in defense of the Lyft driver. His X account is no longer available, although screenshots of his post are still circulating online. 

“Lyft just banned my wife's...