As someone who often tries (and fails) to buy tickets to various shows and hosts ticketed events myself, I know how broken America’s ticket industry is. If you’ve ever tried to buy a ticket to see ...

The FTC Better Online Ticket Sales Act (“BOTS Act” or the “Act”)) prohibits the circumvention of a security measure, access control system, or other technological control measure used online by a ...

Bills to outlaw the use of computer bots to buy event tickets passed in the Michigan House of Representatives Tuesday. Ticket bots gained extra attention a few years ago when scammers used them to buy ...

In a televised interview, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson outlined plans to address online radicalization, protect children as artificial intelligence tools spread, and curb ticket ...

Michigan bills to further prevent the use of ticket-buying bots received a House committee hearing Wednesday. Ticket bots are often used to snatch up event tickets by getting around purchase limits, ...

A package of Michigan House bills is working its way through Lansing to prevent bots from grabbing online event tickets and reselling them for a higher value. The so-called "Taylor Swift" bills are a ...

President Barack Obama has signed a law making the use of ticket buying bots illegal nationwide, The White House announced Thursday. You can count your days of waiting online at Ticketmaster only to ...

When the band Oasis announced their reunion tour in early 2025, millions of fans rushed to secure tickets—only to have their dreams crushed by cancellations, inflated prices, and scams. Oasis fans ...