eBay Reaches $56 Million Settlement With E-Commerce Newsletter Writers It Terrorized In 2019

eBay and former executives agreed to pay $56 million to Ina and David Steiner, authors of EcommerceBytes. The settlement resolves a civil case stemming from a 2019 corporate harassment campaign. High-level executives targeted the couple with threats, surveillance, and disturbing deliveries, including live insects and a bloody pig mask, to stop their critical coverage. This legal conclusion follows criminal guilty pleas from seven former employees involved in the cyberstalking scheme against the Massachusetts-based newsletter writers.