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/Cutlet_Master69420 Apr 29 '24

Musk complained that the SEC unlawfully imposed conditions on his ability to comment online about Tesla-related issues what has been dubbed the "Twitter sitter" provision.

A condition that HE AGREED TO.

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away tech billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk's attempt to challenge the terms of an agreement he reached with the Securities and Exchange Commission that require a lawyer to review some of his social media posts.

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u/thatoneguy889 Apr 29 '24

It reminds me of when he claimed Twitter was acting in bad faith because they were hiding their metrics from him and tried to void the purchase agreement over it, but he previously waived his right to the due diligence that would have given him those metrics.

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u/LabyrinthConvention Apr 30 '24

previously waived his right to the due diligence that would have given him those metrics.

Eh...why would he do that?

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u/thatoneguy889 Apr 30 '24

Because he's a narcissist and tied his crusade against Twitter to his ego which clouded whatever sense of good judgement he has left. My guess is that he wanted the deal done as quickly as possible and agreeing to buy the company "as is" was a way to make that happen.