What is Trump Media's Truth API and why is it controversial? - BBC News

Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) has set up a paid service to give Wall Street firms access to Truth Social's most influential accounts.

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Why is Trump Media selling early access to Trump's Truth Social posts?

When Donald Trump speaks, financial traders are among the keenest listeners.

From trade wars to military wars, anything the US president says can shift markets, and so teams of traders - as well as a host of automated computer systems - monitor his statements to perform trades within seconds.

Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) now wants to charge for such market-moving information put out on its Truth Social platform. It has launched a paid service to give Wall Street firms and institutional investors the "fastest access" to the social media site's most influential accounts.