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Israel Passes Anti-Boycott Law: This Week in Online Tyranny

By Curt Hopkins / July 13, 2011 1:45 PM / View Comments

tel aviv 150.jpgIsrael makes boycotts illegal. One of the time-tested, non-violent ways in which people have attempted to force grass-roots change is by boycotting the products or services of an entity whose actions they dislike. Now, Israel made such boycotts illegal.

Given how deeply social media is twined into contemporary political action, this makes certain types of online actions as illegal in Israel as they are in non-democratic countries.

eBay Sellers Relaunch Boycott

By Sarah Perez / May 1, 2008 8:23 AM

Back in February, we covered the first major seller strike on eBay, in which a large group of eBay's PowerSellers launched a week-long boycott of the site in an effort to have their voices heard. The sellers, who were unhappy with recent changes to listing prices and other policies, claimed some success and even USA Today reported a 13% drop in sales. However, eBay denied the boycott had any impact whatsoever on their business. This time the boycott will involve both eBay buyers and sellers, and, unlike the first, no end date has been set.

eBay Listings Down 13% During Seller Strike

By Josh Catone / February 25, 2008 12:42 PM

Last week we wrote about a boycott of online auction site eBay that was organized by sellers angry over recent fee and policy changes. We noted that the full effect of the boycott wouldn't be evident until today, when the consumer action was scheduled to come to an end. "If [eBay's listings total] falls below 12 million we've made a pretty good impact," eBay PowerSeller Nancy Baughman told Fortune Small Business last week. Listings didn't fall quite that much, but almost.

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