Supreme Court spurns Musk’s Twitter appeal in SEC victory


Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk. — Bloomberg

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Elon Musk in his “Twitter sitter” case, leaving intact his agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to have an in-house lawyer pre-approve his social media posts about Tesla Inc.

The justices, without comment, refused to hear contentions from the billionaire Tesla chief executive officer that the accord he signed in 2018 now violates his constitutional free speech rights.

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