 In March 2019, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport warned consumers not to buy or sell tickets through Viagogo.In July 2019, the UK Competition and Marketing Authority began legal proceedings against Viagogo for contempt of court as a result of the company ignoring repeated warnings to comply with consumer law.Later that month, Google announced that it would no longer permit paid advertising by Viagogo, with a spokesperson stating "When people use [Google] for help in purchasing tickets, we want to make sure that they have an experience they can trust.