Spencer Platt/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix. (FILES) In this file photo people pass a GameStop store in lower Manhattan on September 16, 2019 in New York City. – Shares in GameStop rocketed on Friday as an activist short-seller said he was walking away from the stock in the retailer due to what he called an “angry mob” that has terrorized him and his family. (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)