Trump Media Technology Group announced the Truth API on Thursday, providing machine-readable real-time feeds and archives from top Truth Social accounts with a planned August 1 launch. The company disclosed no pricing details. Senator Ron Wyden and others have commented on potential financial implications.
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The API creates a two-tier system where wealthy traders gain millisecond access to presidential posts while the public receives delayed information, raising conflicts of interest.
“Privatization of political influence and unequal access to governance communications”
The launch is a free-market response to prior deplatforming, capitalizing on existing market reactions to Truth Social activity through voluntary paid access.
“Supply and demand for valued information without government interference”
TMTG exercises private property rights by setting terms for its platform data, allowing voluntary transactions for speed without coercion.
“Ownership and market pricing of information asymmetry”
All prior views over-rely on unverified pricing claims and overlook that the API covers top accounts rather than Trump exclusively, while ignoring sourcing biases and unexamined regulatory implications.
“Shared premise errors and omitted context on disclosure rules”
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