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While the price of shares in meme stocks like GameStop, AMC, BlackBerry and Nokia continued to bounce around on Friday, they were less volatile than they had been during the midweek chaos. The top U.S. regulator weighed in, and tech platforms remained divided on how to respond to the frenzy. Here’s what you need to know about another weird day:

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