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Musk May Have Overstated Just How Restrained He’s Been on Twitter

Revisiting a declaration Tesla’s CEO made in his battle with the SEC.

Elon Musk on April 4.

Photographer: Natan Dvir/Bloomberg
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When Elon Musk was accused earlier this year of violating a months-old agreement that he clear material tweets about Tesla Inc. with a company lawyer, the billionaire told a federal judge he took his accord with the Securities and Exchange Commission seriously, and that he had dramatically reducedBloomberg Terminal his postings about the electric-car maker.

Then, he went back on a binge.