San Francisco sues Trump Media for selling early access to Trump posts
To capitalize on this, Trump Media recently launched Truth API, a service that charges select customers $100,000 a month for early access to the 10 most influential accounts on Truth Social, including Trump’s and those of other White House officials. Trump Media’s interim CEO, Kevin McGurn, acknowledged as much in his announcement of Truth API, saying that “markets already move on Truth Social posts.”The San Francisco lawsuit cites several examples of this, some of which took place after the launch of Truth API. On August 21st, for example, Trump posted that the federal government was going to “lower the price of ground beef for working families” by exempting some ground beef imports from tariffs.
- ▪To capitalize on this, Trump Media recently launched Truth API, a service that charges select customers $100,000 a month for early access to the 10 most influential accounts on Truth Social, including Trump’s and those of other White House
- ▪Trump Media’s interim CEO, Kevin McGurn, acknowledged as much in his announcement of Truth API, saying that “markets already move on Truth Social posts.”The San Francisco lawsuit cites several examples of this, some of which took place afte
- ▪On August 21st, for example, Trump posted that the federal government was going to “lower the price of ground beef for working families” by exempting some ground beef imports from tariffs.
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