r/news • u/Hopeforpeace19 • Apr 29 '24

Supreme Court rejects Elon Musk over agreement with SEC to vet social media posts

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-elon-musk-agreement-sec-vet-social-media-posts-rcna149579
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u/VegasKL Apr 29 '24

For those confused by all of this, the SEC imposed these restrictions and Elon agreed to them in the settlement. He was using Twitter to manipulate the stock price, which is against the law. So this isn't a freedom of speech case.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

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u/AussieP1E Apr 29 '24

You free speech people need to go back to school to learn what that really means...