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Google suspends ticket site Viagogo from advertising

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Google has suspended Viagogo as an advertiser, after claims touts resell tickets at inflated prices on the site.

The search engine’s surprise decision, which was welcomed by campaign groups and MPs including the digital minister, Margot James, comes with Viagogo also facing legal action from the Competition and Markets Authority.

Last year, the Football Association, the trade body UK Music and some MPs signed an open letter to senior Google executives, urging it to stop Viagogo from advertising.

Google said it had found Viagogo in breach of its advertising policy and would begin removing its ads. The Swiss-based website’s listings have previously appeared at the very top of the page when consumers search for tickets.

 

Via BBC/The Guardian

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