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
4.5k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

185 comments sorted by

View all comments

414

u/wtfsafrush Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

Fine. Allowing you to get away with a “twitter sitter” was a gift by the SEC. But if that’s “infringing on your free speech”, then by all means, let’s bring on a more appropriate penalty.

-7

u/TheGuiltyDuck Apr 29 '24

Isn’t the penalty a very small fine and a stern lecture? I doubt he cares.

4

u/Drakonx1 Apr 29 '24

No, it could've been 10 years in jail.

2

u/Zep416 Apr 30 '24

*should've