US Probing Whether Ticketmaster Does Enough to Stop Resale Bots, Bloomberg News Reports

US probing whether Ticketmaster does enough to stop resale bots, Bloomberg News reports

U.S. regulators were investigating whether Live Nation's Ticketmaster was doing enough to prevent bots from illegally reselling tickets on its platform, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, an allegation the company denied.The probe by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which examines the ticket-selling un

FTC Probes Whether Ticketmaster Does Enough to Stop Resale Bots

Live Nation Inc.’s Ticketmaster is being probed by the US Federal Trade Commission over whether it’s done enough to keep bots from illegally reselling tickets on its platform.

Is Ticketmaster doing enough to stop touts? A new FTC investigation looks at ticketing giant’s BOTS Act compliance

The US Federal Trade Commission has been investigating whether Live Nation’s Ticketmaster has done enough to stop touts or scalpers from buying up tickets from its primary platform to then resale on the secondary market, according to sources who have spoken to Bloomberg.The investigation is now “at advanced stages”, and the FTC will decide whether to bring a legal case against the ticketing company “within weeks”. If that happened and violations…

Ticketmaster defends its bot-battling policies amid FTC probe

Ticketmaster is facing pressure again in the US over its business, with the focus this time being on whether it is doing a good enough job battling bots. The pressure is coming from a familiar foe: regulator the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). “The investigation is focused on Ticketmaster’s compliance with a law meant to prevent […] The post is from Music Ally.

FTC investigating Ticketmaster and how it battles bots

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Ticketmaster and how it battles ticket buying bots. Reportedly in its late stages, the investigation of Live Nation’s Ticketmaster is looking at whether the company has violated the federal BOTS Act. The post FTC investigating Ticketmaster and how it battles bots appeared first on Hypebot.

FTC Scrutinizes Ticketmaster Efforts to Stop Resale Bots

The US Federal Trade Commission is probing Ticketmaster over whether it's done enough to keep bots from illegally reselling tickets on its platform.