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Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

eBay agreed to pay maximal possible fine of $3 million after employees harassed, intimidated, and stalked a Massachusetts couple in retaliation for their critical reporting of the online marketplace

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eBay agreed to pay maximal possible fine of $3 million after employees harassed, intimidated, and stalked a Massachusetts couple in retaliation for their critical reporting of the online marketplace

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Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

eBay hit with $3M fine, admits to “terrorizing innocent people”

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eBay must pay maximum fine for putting Massachusetts couple “through pure hell.”

eBay’s harassment campaign against the couple, David and Ina Steiner, stretched for 18 days in August 2019 and was led by the company’s former senior director of safety and security, Jim Baugh. It started when then-CEO Devin Wenig and then-chief communications officer Steven Wymer decided to “take down” the Steiners after growing frustrated with their coverage of eBay in a newsletter called EcommerceBytes.

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Holy shit! Does eBay think they’re the Mafia now? I can’t help but think of the horse head in The Godfather.

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