[HN Gopher] SEC reportedly probing whether fraudulent social med...
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       SEC reportedly probing whether fraudulent social media posts
       boosted GameStop
        
       Author : tmamic
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2021-02-03 21:51 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theverge.com)
        
       | koolk3ychain wrote:
       | SEC reportedly probing whether fraudulent media posts were
       | actively supporting the interests of huge hedge funds. Oh wait...
        
         | gruez wrote:
         | You do realize that "hedge funds" isn't a monolithic entity
         | right? There are hedge funds that are long, as well as short.
        
       | mssundaram wrote:
       | This is very backwards, or at least only half of what they should
       | be doing. Investigate the hedge funds!
        
         | ipnon wrote:
         | Let's ask the question the SEC is asking: what is the law and
         | who, if anyone, violated it?
        
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