60 Minutes
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0:0060 Minutes CorrespondentYou tweet a lot?
0:01Elon MuskI use my tweets to express myself. Some people use their hair, I use Twitter.
0:0760 Minutes CorrespondentWell, but you use your tweeting to kind of get back at critics. Rarely. You kind of have little wars with the press.
0:15Elon MuskTwitter is a war zone. If somebody's gonna jump in the war zone, it's like, okay, you're in the arena, let's go.
0:2160 Minutes CorrespondentHis war zone tweeting drew fire, when out of the blue in August, he tweeted, quote, am considering taking Tesla private at 4:20. Funding secured. The SEC disputed that claim and charged him with securities fraud.
0:3960 Minutes CorrespondentThe case was settled, with Musk agreeing that his communications relating to the company, including Twitter, would be overseen by his board. Have you had any of your tweets censored since the settlement?
0:53Elon MuskNo.
0:5460 Minutes CorrespondentNone. Does someone have to read them before they go out?
0:57Elon MuskNo.
0:5860 Minutes CorrespondentSo your tweets are not supervised?
1:00Elon MuskThe only tweets that would have to be reviewed would be if a tweet had a probability of causing a movement in the stock.
1:1060 Minutes CorrespondentAnd that's it?
1:11Elon MuskYeah. I mean, otherwise it's, hello, First Amendment. Freedom of speech is fundamental,
1:1560 Minutes Correspondentbut. But how do they know if it's going to move the market if they're not reading all of them before you send them?
1:23Elon MuskI guess we might make some mistakes. Who knows?
1:2660 Minutes CorrespondentAre you serious?
1:29Elon MuskNobody's perfect.
1:34Elon MuskLook at you. I want to be clear. I do not respect the sec. I do not respect them.
1:4160 Minutes CorrespondentBut you're abiding by the settlement, aren't you?
1:44Elon MuskBecause I respect the justice system.