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Re:SEC Asks Manhattan Federal Court to Hold Elon Musk in Con... by sangnoir on Monday February 25, 2019 @08:44PM (#19251327)
> This tweet was not an edit to a pre-approved communication.

That is the problem, in a nutshell: it should have been pre-approved - according to the FCC's interpretation of the settlement agreement.

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Re:SEC Asks Manhattan Federal Court to Hold Elon Musk in Con... by Dylan16807 on Monday February 25, 2019 @08:46PM (#19251339)
Maybe. But don't confuse different arguments about why. If the tweet needed pre-approval, it's for a reason entirely different from this quote.
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Re:SEC Asks Manhattan Federal Court to Hold Elon Musk in Con... by rory096 on Monday February 25, 2019 @09:54PM (#19251645)
Whether or not it's a valid argument, that does seem to be the SEC's argument here.
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Re:SEC Asks Manhattan Federal Court to Hold Elon Musk in Con... by Dylan16807 on Monday February 25, 2019 @10:00PM (#19251667)
It's not the core of their argument, though. It's probably thrown in just in case it could possibly be considered relevant.
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