The Supreme Court on Monday turned away Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s request to back out of a settlement agreement he struck with the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2018 over a series of tweets about the car maker that regulators alleged were fraudulent.
Musk’s now-infamous 2018 tweet claimed he had “funding secured” to take Tesla private at $420 a share, a statement the SEC said was untrue and that led to wild swings in the company’s stock price.
To avoid enforcement, Musk agreed to a settlement that required him to have a company lawyer approve his social media posts about Tesla.
Though he agreed to the “Twitter sitter” provision, Musk has subsequently challenged it as a violation of his First Amendment rights. Musk purchased Twitter in 2022 and renamed it X.
The Supreme Court rejected Musk’s appeal without comment and there were no noted dissents.
A US District Court and the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Musk’s request to declare the Twitter sitter provision unenforceable.
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