I haven't heard much news about silver prices today, other than it's up.
I remember when the Hunt brothers tried to corner the silver market back in the 70's or 80's. (buying contracts on the commodities market, then taking delivery of the silver, which nobody does.) They would have been successful except the SEC changed the rules on them.
If the short squeeze starts working, I expect the government to interfere again to protect the big banks and screw the small investors/speculators.