The Justice Department charged eBay with stalking, witness tampering and obstruction of justice in a rare criminal case against a well-known Silicon Valley company. The charges, which will be dropped under a deferred prosecution agreement if eBay maintains a good record for the next three years, stem from actions taken by the company in 2019 to undermine and silence the writers of an e-commerce newsletter that was mildly critical of some of its behavior.
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