Wall Street Escalates FinTwit Crackdown as AI Copycat Fears Grow

Wall Street Escalates FinTwit Crackdown as AI Copycat Fears Grow Traders and analysts that make up this online financial community have been left searching for answers after being locked out of their X accounts. For years, Neil Sethi routinely posted Wall Street research to build an audience on X, spotlighting charts and stock tips to his nearly 30,000 followers. It was, he believed, a quid-pro-quo arrangement. His brand grew, while the banks got more exposure from likes and retweets. All that changed this summer, when his account, @neilksethi, was suspended after Bank of America Corp. accused him of publishing its data without permission. Though Sethi, who runs a small investment firm from Upper Arlington, Ohio, offered to never use the research again, he hasn’t regained access to his account, which he cultivated over the past decade.