eBay and three former executives agreed to pay nearly $56 million in a settlement over a macabre campaign of cyberstalking and harassment that targeted two journalists in 2019.
As we’ve previously written, the case involved deliveries of live cockroaches, a funeral wreath, a book about surviving the loss of a spouse, and a bloody pig mask to the home of a couple who run a news website. There were also harassing messages sent via email and Twitter, and an attempt to install a GPS tracking device on the victims’ car. Criminal charges resulted in guilty pleas and prison terms for former eBay employees.
Weird that there’s no mention of what these people reported on that got them to receive said threats.
If eBay, Amazon and Facebook are all cesspits, where can you buy stuff online in a decent way? Search small shops individually?
small/medium shops have worked for me for the most part, only time I’ve had to use amazon in the last 10 years was for a replacement screen for a phone.
tho i dont live in america so have no idea if there is enough small stores to buy stuff from but i guess one should at least try buy from those whenever possible
Huh, maybe we need a fedishop network that is non profit and works for the interests of customers. Well and sellers, but not for profit for itself.
Ooh, Casefile did a great podcast ep on this. Episode 306. (If you’re not familiar, Casefile is the gold standard for true crime. It’s not exploitative or voyeuristic. Just stories of notable crimes and their investigations, with plenty of awful police work and miscarriages of justice.)
This seems so out of place with Casey’s normal material. My wife was a big, big fan for a long time, everything seemed murdery to an outsider like me. The first one she showed me ended up being one guy one hammer, and lemme tell you, it was almost cathartic to know that that video I had watched a decade prior at least ended with them being caught.
That’s the one episode I haven’t been able to listen to. The video was so traumatic as a young kid. Haunting.
Behind the Bastards too
This is class warfare. The wealthy thought they could get away with targeted harassment just because they’re used to getting their way, and they know there’s two tiers of justice.
I’m glad the journalists won, as they should have, but there is an ever-growing list of regular people who didn’t.
And there are two tiers, most of them didn’t even get charged with criminal charges.
Note that this happened in 2019 and is only finally seeing justice now. My own legal battle cost around $25,000 per year. That’s not something most people would be able to afford for 7 years straight.
My legal fight is paid for entirely by my government, which is great because it’s their fault I’m in it
Good. Barabra Streisand effect:
https://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2019/4/1554870735.html
I would’ve never got to this article if it wasn’t for these weirdos.
It kind of goes to show the type of person who is ok profiting off this sort of inequality
I’m kinda curious about the stooges who did these things. Who would be stupid enough to commit crimes on behalf of a company? Did they seriously expect the company to go to bat for them if things went bad? They must have been drinking a LOT of eBay Kool Aid.
Behind the Bastards did two episodes on this one if you really want to learn more. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-that-time-ebays-private-211963285/
And a documentary called Whatever It Takes: Inside the eBay Scandal
Swindled did too https://pca.st/episode/40fcefc5-c541-4e00-be64-7e6f624bd4b1
great podcast!
What the hell happened to eBay? As an internet startup they were pretty committed to doing the right thing even if it cost more. I get that was the silicon valley of the 90s, and probably before corporate pressure to maximize profits and share prices.
I think it’s just been easy to ignore how evil they are.
They’ve been tightly linked with Peter Thiel since they took over PayPal which has constantly stolen people’s money. It’s just harder for an auction house like eBay to be obviously evil.
eBay? Wtf is eBay…
…oh, you mean scamBay!
