FTC fines three bot-powered ticket scalping operations a total of $3.7M, the first time the agency applied a 2016 anti-bot law called the BOTS Act (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

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FTC fines three bot-powered ticket scalping operations a total of $3.7M, the first time the agency applied a 2016 anti-bot law called the BOTS Act  —  The three will pay a total of $3.7 million  —  The Federal Trade Commission issued multimillion-dollar fines against three bot-powered ticket scalping operations.