Technology28 Jul 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: eBay reaches $56M settlement with e-commerce newsletter writers it terrorized i…

One of the most bizarre episodes in e-commerce history has come to a close. eBay and several former eBay employees have agreed to pay $56 million to a newslett…

One of the most bizarre episodes in e-commerce history has come to a close. eBay and several former eBay employees have agreed to pay $56 million to a newsletter-writing couple who were targeted by the company’s former executives in a horrific targeted harassment campaign that took place in 2019. Ina and David Steiner, a married couple and the co-authors of EcommerceBytes , inspired the ire of high-level eBay executives after occasionally criticizing the company in their newsletter. In 20…

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