- The Supreme Court rejected Elon Musk’s bid to do away with his ‘Twitter sitter.’
- He has to get authorized approval for any X posts about Tesla as a part of an SEC settlement.
- Musk argued it limits his free speech, however the court docket shot him down.
The Supreme Court is not going to step in to assist Elon Musk do away with his “Twitter sitter.”
The court docket on Monday rejected an attraction by the billionaire Tesla CEO over a earlier settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission which requires Musk to get authorized approval for any posts he makes on X about Tesla.
Musk settled with the SEC in 2018 after he tweeted he had the “funding secured” to take Tesla personal in a deal that by no means got here to go.
He filed a petition with the Supreme Court to undo the settlement in December, arguing it restricted his free speech.
Business Insider has reached out to X and Tesla for remark.
The Tesla boss — who additionally runs SpaceX and X itself — has been no stranger to feuds with authorities officers.
He’s raged towards the SEC, referred to as Joe Biden a “damp sock puppet in human form,” and picked a struggle this yr with certainly one of Brazil’s prime judges.
Meanwhile, the SEC reportedly is opening up a brand new line of investigation towards Musk, Bloomberg reported. This time, the company is probing Tesla’s claims about its self-driving tech.
That tech has additionally come underneath fireplace from federal regulators, who mentioned final week they’d linked Tesla’s Autopilot characteristic to a whole bunch of crashes.