What is Trump Media's Truth API and why is it controversial?
It is a new data feed that provides real-time access to posts in "milliseconds" from the "highest-ranking Truth Social accounts".The service was anticipated to become available to institutional customers on 1 August. Electronic systems using algorithms buy and sell much faster and at a greater scale than humans, according to Charles Schwab. All either declined to comment or did not respond."Nobody wants to talk about this stuff," says Saluzzi.
- ▪It is a new data feed that provides real-time access to posts in "milliseconds" from the "highest-ranking Truth Social accounts".The service was anticipated to become available to institutional customers on 1 August.
- ▪Electronic systems using algorithms buy and sell much faster and at a greater scale than humans, according to Charles Schwab.
- ▪All either declined to comment or did not respond."Nobody wants to talk about this stuff," says Saluzzi.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 1 hour. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: right. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Trump should pull the plug on Truth API — Washington Examiner
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What is Trump Media's Truth API and why is it controversial?<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Why is Trump Media selling early access to Trump's Truth Social posts?ByMichael RaceBusiness reporter, Reporting fromNew YorkPublished4 minutes agoWhen Donald Trump speaks, financial traders are among the keenest listeners.
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