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Re:Reddit’s profane, greedy traders are shaking up the stock... by jacobush on Thursday February 27, 2020 @05:26AM (#22432133)
In Sweden someone was convicted for triggering such bots to do stupid things. Morale: if you are big player, you file a lawsuit. If you are a small player, you get convicted.

If your bots do "stupid things".

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Re:Reddit’s profane, greedy traders are shaking up the stock... by marvin on Thursday February 27, 2020 @06:05AM (#22432286)
Huh. In Norway they were acquitted. Same story. Seems like a significant difference in the law tradition.
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Re:Reddit’s profane, greedy traders are shaking up the stock... by lorenzfx on Thursday February 27, 2020 @07:06AM (#22432544)
Do you have more details?
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Re:Reddit’s profane, greedy traders are shaking up the stock... by jacobush on Thursday February 27, 2020 @09:10AM (#22433349)
Another case but similar: https://www.fokus.se/2016/02/robotdodaren/
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