eBay及其三名前高管同意支付5570万美元以和解一桩民事诉讼[1]。该诉讼源于2019年针对记者Ina和David Steiner夫妇的骚扰活动[1]。这对夫妇运营新闻网站EcommerceBytes，因其对eBay的报道而遭到针对[1]。
骚扰行为包括寄送活蟑螂、葬礼花圈、丧偶指南书和血腥猪头面具等物品[1]。受害人还遭到邮件和Twitter骚扰信息，骚扰者甚至试图在其车上安装GPS追踪器[1]。民事诉讼于2021年提起[1]。多名eBay前员工因这些骚扰活动遭到刑事起诉并已入狱[1]。
eBay and three former executives have agreed to pay $55.7 million to settle a civil lawsuit stemming from a coordinated harassment campaign targeting journalists [1]. The settlement resolves claims brought by Ina and David Steiner, who operate the news website EcommerceBytes, following a harassment operation launched against them in 2019 [1].
The couple faced an intimidation effort that included receiving live cockroaches, funeral wreaths, a widows' guide book, and a bloody pig mask in the mail [1]. They were also subjected to email and Twitter harassment, and the perpetrators attempted to install a GPS tracking device on their vehicle [1]. The harassment appeared to stem from critical coverage of eBay published by EcommerceBytes [1]. Multiple former eBay employees involved in the campaign subsequently pleaded guilty and were imprisoned [1]. The civil lawsuit was originally filed in 2021 [1].