This is the frankly unbelievable story of how far eBay employees went in 2019 to deal with both a small company and a Twitter user being critical of their CEO and company. Harassment, intimidation, doxing, cockroaches and a dead pig... welcome to the eBay stalking scandal, featuring special guest Kirsty Webeck!

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/technology/ebay-cockroaches-stalking-scandal.html

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2021/12/02/ebay-ecommercebytes-stalking/

https://www.ebayinc.com/company/our-history/

https://www.britannica.com/money/eBay

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/29/ebay-executive-sentenced-couple-harassment-newsletter

https://www.ebayinc.com/company/our-purpose-in-action/

https://www.valueaddedresource.net/ebay-cyberstalking-security-staff-settle-execs-face-trial/

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/ebay-inc-pay-3-million-connection-corporate-cyberstalking-campaign-targeting

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