Freedom of the Press Foundation and The Intercept sue Trump after Trump Media & Technology offered a subscription service for faster access to Trump's posts
President Donald Trump was sued in federal court Wednesday to stop him from making money off a new, paid service …
Freedom of the Press Foundation and The Intercept have put Trump and Trump Media & Technology's paid faster-access service into federal litigation, seeking to stop Trump from profiting from it.
Trump Media & Technology now faces legal uncertainty around a subscription product tied to Trump's posts.
Second-order effects
The suit presses a boundary between a media company’s subscription offering and access to communications from a sitting president, making product design and distribution terms central to the dispute.
News organizations and other observers that rely on timely Trump posts have a direct interest in whether paid priority access remains available.
Third-order effects
If the plaintiffs prevail, the case could establish limits on monetizing preferential access to a president’s social-media posts, constraining similar platform arrangements.
If the service survives, political figures and affiliated media companies may have a clearer path to treating speed and access as subscription features.
The trend: The dispute is part of a broader contest over whether political speech distributed through private platforms can be governed as a commercial product or as public-facing communication.
We just brought a MAJOR new lawsuit to stop Trump from profiteering off of his market-moving Truth Social posts by charging $100,000 monthly for faster access to official government announcements. This scheme violates the First and Fifth Amendments of the Constitution. [image]
Trump's crooked scheme is particularly outrageous because he frequently uses his Truth Social account to berate journalists and even to announce his plans to sue them and criminally investigate them. Then, he makes them wait in line behind paying customers to find out about it. […
BREAKING: FPF, @theintercept sue Trump for selling early access to his Truth Social posts. This scheme is extraordinary, corrupt, and unconstitutional, and we are bringing this case to stop it. https://freedom.press/...
BREAKING: We just filed a lawsuit, on behalf of @FreedomofPress and @theintercept, over Trump's $100,000 subscription for early access to his official government statements on Truth Social. Not only is this latest scheme obscene, it's a blatant violation of the Constitution.
The Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation sued President Donald Trump and his staff Wednesday, challenging a Trump-owned media company's plan to monetize the president's social media posts. [image]
BREAKING: The Intercept and @FreedomofPress have filed a lawsuit in SDNY challenging Truth Social's “Truth API” scheme to monetize Trump posts, which they describe as an “out-and-out plan of extortion” in violation of the First and Fifth amendments https://theintercept.com/...
@HormuzLetter I miss back in the day when they did illegal things behind closed doors. It is now so obvious and in your face. Not worried at all. Arrogance and greed. Now Trump needs to figure out how to buy more votes for the midterms