[glvn]

I don't think anyone expected Musk to follow that directive. His comments after the initial rulling signaled he didn't really care for the SEC telling him what to do, followed by a tweet about "memes" that IMO was to just troll anyone watching his Twitter account.

[ivraatiems]

The court almost certainly expects him to follow that directive. Provided that it is persuaded he didn't, he could be in some nasty trouble.

In fairness, no reasonable person would predict that Musk would follow it. I imagine that played a role in the SEC's decision to request it. (What trap is better than one the victim agrees to enter of their own accord, in public?) Musk, not being a terribly reasonable person in this area, probably assumed it wouldn't be an issue for him. If so, that assumption may bite him.

[danso]

I don't know, I think a lot of people expected him to follow that directive because it shouldn't have been hard to follow, especially relative to how easy it would be to find out if he didn't follow it. There is no point in breaking that rule.