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I've been following this a little. I grew up near the Massachusetts town where this occurred (Its a pretty non-descript suburban town). So that fact that a bi
by acomjean 5y ago
I've been following this a little. I grew up near the Massachusetts town where this occurred (Its a pretty non-descript suburban town).
So that fact that a big company and high up executives decided to target a very home spun news letter, is just crazy. Its like something went off the rails.
Ars has pretty good coverage.
The harassment was bizarre and threatening: sending roaches and pig masks is just the wierd start:
Sending a book on "how to survive the loss of a spouse" is really dark.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/ebay-execs-sent-cockroaches-and-bloody-pig-mask-to-harass-journalists-feds/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/ebay-execs-sent-...
more recent:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/lawsuit-ebay-tried-to-terrorize-stalk-and-silence-couple-that-ran-news-site/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/lawsuit-ebay-tri...
- WrtCdEvrydy 5y ago> a book on "how to survive the loss of a spouse" is really dark That's evidence in some states....
- NavinF 5y agoAnyone got a link to the newsletter? I'm really curious what the eBay execs found so offensive.
- acomjean 5y agoBased on the name it would be: https://www.ecommercebytes.com https://www.ecommercebytes.com it still contains the authors names on the posts and on the about page.
- NavinF 5y agoThanks. If they wrote anything controversial, they must have deleted it. Most of the posts related to eBay are of the "According to Bloomberg..." variety. No hard hitting journalism to be found here. The comments below each article are indeed salty about eBay, but no more so than your typical eBay seller on the official forums. I have no idea what got the execs so riled up. There's gotta be something more to this story.