{"id":473074,"date":"2026-09-23T13:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/473074\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T13:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:19:21","slug":"san-francisco-sues-over-president-donald-trumps-truth-social-early-access-feature-calling-it-corruption-plain-and-simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/473074\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco sues over President Donald Trump’s Truth Social early-access feature, calling it ‘corruption plain and simple’"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco has filed a lawsuit challenging a new subscriber-only feature on Truth Social that provides early access to posts from high-ranking accounts.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit centers on Truth Social’s new tool, called “Truth API.” The service lets people who pay up to $100,000 per month receive early access to posts from the platform’s highest-ranking accounts.<\/p>\n

RELATED: ‘Profoundly corrupt’: Trump sued in federal court over selling early access to Truth Social posts<\/a><\/p>\n

City Attorney David Chiu argues the tool gives high-paying investors an unfair advantage and violates California’s Unfair Competition Law.<\/p>\n

“In today’s markets, early access means millions of dollars. This business scheme has turned public trust into private property. This is corruption plain and simple,” Chiu said.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Californians. It seeks to block the early access program, which went live Aug. 1, and to impose civil penalties.<\/p>\n

The legal challenge contends that the early access program provides preferential access to information for paying subscribers and should be halted while the case proceeds.<\/p>\n

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