Oakland, California – Social media services including Facebook Inc. and Reddit restrict discussions about weapons, drugs and other illegal activity, but their rules do not specifically mention another lucrative regulated good: stocks.
Some people think they should. Users of a Reddit group, in which 5 million members exchange investment ideas, generated significant profits by gorging on shares of GameStop Corp. and other out-of-favor companies that had been shorted by big hedge funds.
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