Judge Refuses to Lift Agreement Musk Signed About His Social Media Posts

A federal judge in New York denied a request by Elon Musk to end a 2018 agreement he signed with securities regulators, which requires him to run his social media posts by a company lawyer if the statements contained material information about his electric car company, Tesla. Mr. Musk had argued that the agreement to settle accusations of securities violations infringed on his right to freedom of speech and that the Securities and Exchange Commission had used the agreement as an excuse to “launch endless, boundless” investigations of his public statements.