San Francisco sues over Trump’s API subscription for Truth Social
Several California cities have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s media company, Trump Media & technology Group, challenging its right to offer paid subscription services. The cities accuse the company of promoting illegal insider trading.Specifically, San Francisco seeks to block the company from charging thousands of dollars per month for immediate access to government officials’ announcements on the social media platform Truth Social and nine other top accounts. The controversy centers around the Truth API, launched in August, which provides real-time data feeds similar to those used by social media platforms for financial trading decisions.
One of California’s biggest cities on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s media company’s right to offer paid subscription services, alleging it promotes illegal insider trading.
San Francisco sued to block Trump Media & Technology Group from charging $60,000 to $100,000 per monthly subscription to those who want instant visibility of the president’s various announcements on Truth Social and nine other top accounts on the social media platform, all of which are held by government officials. Truth API, or application programming interface, rolled out in August, echoing data feeds often offered by social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and X, which are widely relied upon by retail and institutional traders for real-time financial and economic data to inform trading decisions.
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