Elon Musk Lawyers Challenge US Market Watchdog's 'Muzzle' on His Tweets

The SEC has required Tesla to pre-approve all Elon Musk's social media posts after he tweeted in August 2018 he had "funding secured" to take the company into private equity ownership. That prompted a surge in the Tesla share price, helping catapult Musk to the status of world's richest man.