eBay reaches $56M settlement with e-commerce newsletter writers it terrorized in 2019

Center-Left: <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2225652/ebay-and-its-former-execs-settle-cyberstalking-case-brought-by-journalist-couple/" rel="noopener nofollow">eBay and its former execs settle cyberstalking case brought by journalist couple — www.engadget.com
Center-Right: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/ebay-blogger-harassment-stalking-steiner.html" rel="noopener nofollow">EBay, former execs to pay $56 million in blogger harassment and stalking case — www.cnbc.com
Center-Left: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj039p238r5o?at_medium=RSS&amp;at_campaign=rss" rel="noopener nofollow">eBay agrees $56m settlement with bloggers over harassment case — www.bbc.com

Source: techcrunch.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center · Published: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:35:29 GMT

Ina and David Steiner inspired the ire of high-level eBay executives after occasionally criticizing the company in their newsletter. In 2019, a plot was concocted to intimidate the couple into halting their negative coverage.