A couple running a news site about e-commerce became the focus of intense, targeted harassment by eBay employees. Sharyn Alfonsi reports on the stalking case.
And Lelling says there was not enough evidence to file criminal charges against eBay’s top executives, Devin Wenig or Steve Wymer.
Sharyn Alfonsi: But when he says or texts, “I wanna see ashes, whatever it takes,”
Andrew Lelling: People say things like that all the time. Especially senior people in companies. It’s not the same as, ‘I am knowingly joining a criminal conspiracy to cyberstalk a couple in Natick.’ People use loose talk like that all the time.
When I worked at Google we were all frequently and explicitly warned against ever talking like that to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Top executives, if they know anything at all about their jobs, know better and need to be held accountable with prison time.
Wow, this is infuriating (emphasis mine):
Must be nice having a different set of rules.
When I worked at Google we were all frequently and explicitly warned against ever talking like that to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Top executives, if they know anything at all about their jobs, know better and need to be held accountable with prison time.