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SEC Says Tesla Chief Elon Musk's Tweets Violated Court Settlement

Musk is required to get his statements about Tesla approved by company officials before he publishes. A recent tweet misstated the company's production rate.

The Securities and Exchange Commission asked a federal judge to hold Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk in contempt for violating a court settlement that restricted what he could publish about his

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