US Senate committee passes Bots Act

The Better Oversight of Secondary Sales bill has taken a crucial step towards becoming legislation by passing the Commerce, Science and Transportation committee

Senator Richard Blumenthal, who introduced the bill to the committee

The Bots Act, the bill that would criminalise the use of ticket bots in the United States, has taken another step towards becoming law by passing the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

“This critical bill is now one step closer to cracking down on unfair ticket bots that sweep up tickets and squeeze out fans,” says Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal, a co-sponsor of the bill with senators Jerry Moran, Chuck Schumer and Deb Fischer. “[T]icket bots devour tickets at high…

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