Grandparent is describing "Greyball"[0][1], a system by which enforcement officials, police, and undesirables were automagically detected and shadowbanned from Uber (and probably still are).

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyball

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/03/uber-secr...

They were tracking reporters and regulators using a "God View" function.