Google defends AdWords changes after attacks by MPs

Google has reiterated its support for increasing transparency in secondary ticketing, as campaigners and lawmakers call for further changes

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Google has issued a robust defence of recent changes to its AdWords advertising policies, amid renewed criticism of the search giant by British parliamentarians and anti-ticket touting campaigners.

Campaign group FanFair Alliance, along with well-known secondary ticketing critics Nigel Adams MP and Sharon Hodgson MP, have called on Google to implement more stringent advertising restrictions on ticket resale sites – as well as completely sever ties with Viagogo, which FanFair says is operating in breach of UK consumer law, as demonstrated…

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