Ticketmaster president apologizes to Taylor Swift fans. Berchtold told the committee that a bot attack was responsible for the Ticketmaster meltdown during the Eras tour verified fan presale.

After Ticketmaster fumbled its sales of Taylor Swift’s Eras stadium tour tickets earlier this month, the company blamed “bot attacks” and fans for the meltdown. Now members of Congress are ...

However, the FTC has only used its BOTS authority once. In January 2021, the FTC fined three New York-based brokers more than $31 million after an investigation revealed they had used bots to suck ...