San Francisco Sues Trump Media Over $100,000 Truth Social Feed

The city alleges the paid API service enables insider trading and violates California's Unfair Competition Law.

5 publishers · 6 articles · first seen 21 Sept 2026 · updated 45d ago

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5 publishers have covered this in 6 articles since 21 Sept 2026. CBS News Politics published first, on 21 September at 21:17 UTC; Quartz followed 19h 44m later. The most recent article, from Fox News Politics, appeared on 22 September at 21:10 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: CBS News Politics (major outlet), The Verge (major outlet), The Hill (major outlet), Quartz, Fox News Politics.

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21 Sept, 21:17CBS News Politics Selling early access to Trump Truth Social posts is illegal, ex-prosecutors say
22 Sept, 17:00Quartz San Francisco is suing Trump Media over its $100,000-a-month Truth Social feed
22 Sept, 17:10Quartz San Francisco verklagt Trump Media wegen seines monatlichen Truth Social Feeds in Höhe von 100.000 US-Dollar.
22 Sept, 17:43The Verge San Francisco sues Trump Media for selling early access to Trump posts
22 Sept, 18:18The Hill San Francisco sues over delayed Trump social media posts
22 Sept, 21:10Fox News Politics San Francisco sues Trump Media over alleged 'pay-to-play' Truth Social service

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