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eBay to pay $50M in settlement over employee harassment campaign

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eBay has agreed to pay nearly $50 million to a Massachusetts couple who were targeted by former employees with a campaign of harassment. The settlement includes $48.7 million in compensation to the couple, David and Ina Steiner, founders of an e-commerce newsletter, and $6 million in charitable donations. This resolution stems from a cyberstalking and harassment campaign that included bizarre anonymous deliveries and death threats, intended to silence the couple's reporting on eBay. AI

RANK_REASON Settlement of a major lawsuit against a large company involving harassment and cyberstalking. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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eBay to pay $50M in settlement over employee harassment campaign

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · The Associated Press, Leah Willingham ·

    eBay will pay nearly $50 million after employees reportedly sent a Massachusetts couple a bloody pig mask, cockroaches and death threats

    The settlement resolves a lawsuit over former employees' stalking of a newsletter couple who covered eBay.

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