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> (I’m thinking of how much trouble Musk got in for “420”).

Yes, trouble, the kind he could just walk of. Some people also call that the cost of doing business.

Yes, they are, as you can most easily see because Musk getting "punished" didn't stop him from continuing to break securities law on Twitter.

The punishments are smaller than the benefits.

I'm not saying Robinhood was breaking the law or lying here though.

At any rate, hostile questions on cable TV are not official sworn statements under Sarvanes-Oxley or court hearings. It's unfair and inappropriate to hold someone to a standard of perfection in live hostile questioning on TV.

What if I told you people break the law and are dishonest?

I would reply that I am a Bayesian rationalist not a Boolean rationalist.

I'm not aware of any specific restrictions on PR statements so I guess they're allowed to be as (dis)honest as any company is allowed to be.

Tesla is publicly traded, which is why the SEC took action. Robinhood was looking to go public, but hasn't done so yet.