Taylor Swift Ticket Uproar Drives States to Crack Down on Bots

Ticket scalping bots are in the crosshairs of state lawmakers nationwide following public outrage over stiff prices on sites like StubHub to see superstar acts like Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen.

State lawmakers in more than a half-dozen states have introduced bills this year that would target abuses in the ticketing industry with varying approaches to enforcement. The state-level action follows lax federal enforcement of the 2016 Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act.

An all-out ban on ticket resales is the best way to quell the bots and other abuses, Maryland Rep. CT Wilson (D) argued at a Feb. 20 ...