Discord SHUTS DOWN ‘WallStreetBets’ group as members drive runaway surge in GameStop stock, but platform says ban unrelated

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The ‘WallStreetBets’ Discord channel has been taken offline, with the platform claiming the ban was due to hate speech and had nothing to do with members helping to fuel a meteoric spike in GameStop’s stock value.

Discord said on Wednesday that the group was removed due to repeat violations of its rules against “hate speech, glorifying violence and spreading misinformation.” It maintained the move was unrelated to the ongoing GameStop debacle, in which members of the page and a related Reddit group have helped to send the company’s stock soaring more than 1,700-percent since early January.

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