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Section 230 enabled Reddit to challenge Wall Street

By Eric Peterson

FILE - Pedestrians pass a GameStop store on 14th Street at Union Square, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in the Manhattan borough of New York. GameStop and a handful of other stocks whose meteoric rise last month shocked Wall Street began falling back to Earth this week. But the campaign that briefly pushed GameStop up by 1,600% at the expense of hedge funds that were betting it would lose value, known as “shorting,” could be a blueprint for similar efforts with other companies’ shares, some analysts say. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

More GameStops possible as small investors flex muscles

By ALEX VEIGA - Associated Press

In this June 7, 2003, photo, Brockton High School runner Keith Gill finishes the boys mile race at the 2003 All State Meet Championship in Norwell, Mass. Gill, a YouTube personality known as Roaring Kitty, became a figurehead in the January 2020 social media-driven GameStop stock-buying frenzy. (Craig Murray/The Enterprise via AP)

GameStop booster did well; many devotees won’t as shares sag

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, a pair of traders work on the floor, Tuesday Feb. 2, 2021. Stocks were broadly higher in afternoon trading Tuesday, but shares of closely watched companies like GameStop and AMC Entertainment were falling sharply. (Colin Ziemer/New York Stock Exchange via AP)

Congress and SEC: Let the people trade by making financial markets freer and fairer

By Christopher M. Russo

FILE - Pedestrians pass a GameStop store on 14th Street at Union Square, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Behind GameStop’s stock surge is the grim reality that the video game retailer is floundering even as the industry around it is booming. Many investors fully understand the contradiction between GameStop’s stock price and its business fundamentals. But for those who imagine it to be the next Tesla or Amazon, the truth is: It’s likely not. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

GameStop’s stupefying stock rise doesn’t hide its reality

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A woman walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher Tuesday after President Joe Biden invited Republicans to a meeting to discuss economic aid, while silver eased off an eight-year high.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Asian shares mostly higher, China markets fall back

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA - Associated Press

Robinhood raises $3.4B from investors amid surge in trading

By ALEX VEIGA - Associated Press

Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Asian stock markets gained Monday after coronavirus vaccine maker AstraZeneca agreed to increase supplies to Europe amid rising worries about the disease. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Asian stocks follow Wall St up, silver eases off high

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

Weekend Sports in Brief

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Asian stock markets gained Monday after coronavirus vaccine maker AstraZeneca agreed to increase supplies to Europe amid rising worries about the disease. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Silver is the new GameStop: Price boosted by online movement

Associated Press

GameStop saga makes Wall Street an issue for Biden team

By MARCY GORDON and KEN SWEET - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, specialist Stephen Naughton works at a post on the trading floor, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. The erratic trading in shares of underdog companies like GameStop that turned markets combustible last week appears to have migrated to commodities, sending silver prices surging to an eight-year high. (Nicole Pereira/New York Stock Exchange via AP)

History As It Happens: The GameStop revolution

By Martin Di Caro

FILE - In this May 7, 2020 file photo, a GameStop store is seen in St. Louis. Two hedge funds are bowing out of their short positions on the money-losing video game retailer. Citron Research’s Andrew Left said in a video posted on YouTube that his company is going to become more judicious in shorting stocks. Melvin Capital is also exiting GameStop, with manager Gabe Plotkin telling CNBC that the hedge fund was taking a significant loss. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Fight The Man: What GameStop’s surge says about online mobs

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

In this image from video, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during the third night of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP) **FILE**

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wall Street: ‘It’s a rigged game’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This photo from a Zoom press conference shows New York Mets owner Steve Cohen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (New York Mets via AP)

Owner of Mets and hedge fund leaves Twitter, citing threats

Associated Press

A vehicle passes in front of a GameStop store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. The online trading platform Robinhood is moving to restrict trading in GameStop and other stocks that have soared recently due to rabid buying by smaller investors. GameStop stock has rocketed from below $20 earlier this month to close around $350 Wednesday as a volunteer army of investors on social media challenged big institutions who had placed market bets that the stock would fall. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

10-year-old San Antonio boy cashes in on GameStop stocks

Associated Press

A currency trader watches computer monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street rebounded from its biggest loss in nearly three months, while Japan reported December factory output weakened. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

GameStop soars again; Wall Street bends under the pressure

By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA - Associated Press

Brokerages limit trading in GameStop, sparking outcry

By ALEX VEIGA - Associated Press

Democratic and GOP lawmakers call for hearings over Robinhood’s blocking stock purchases

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times