{
  "id": 17359768,
  "title": "Viagogo, Agcom blacklists the site. Crackdown on unpaid fines",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/viagogo-agcom-oscura-il-sito-stretta-sulle-multe-non-pagate",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-31T07:04:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Il Sole 24 Ore",
    "slug": "il-sole-24-ore",
    "url": "https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/viagogo-agcom-oscura-sito-stretta-multe-non-pagate-AJEFoqzB"
  },
  "original_language": "it",
  "account": "Italian authorities have ordered telecom operators to block access to viagogo.it from Italy due to unpaid fines. The move, enabled by a 2025 decree, follows years of sanctions against the site for selling tickets at inflated prices. Agcom, the Italian regulatory authority, has imposed fines totaling €53.4 million on the company. The blocked access marks the first time this measure has been taken against a secondary ticketing website.",
  "summary": "The bill for unpaid fines is being converted into a blocking order. Agcom asked telephone operators to block access to viagogo.it from Italy. And in fact yesterday it was...",
  "key_points": [
    "Viagogo.it site blocked by Agcom for unpaid fines",
    "Agcom seeks phone operators to block site access in Italy",
    "€53.4 million collected in fines, including €4.86 million in Nov 2024"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Blocking access to the ticket marketplace signals a new era of enforcement where regulatory authorities use site censorship to compel compliance from digital platforms that ignore financial sanctions.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}