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Eventbrite is recommending illicit “events” that violate its own rules.

Wired found thousands of event listings that violated the platform’s policies, including pages claiming to sell drugs, escort services, and social media engagement.

Sometimes, the recommended events were offensive or potentially harmful: pages promoting illegal drug sales were displayed next to addiction recovery events, for example.

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