{"id":20850,"date":"2026-10-09T12:04:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20850"},"modified":"2026-10-09T12:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:04:53","slug":"judge-weighs-if-trump-can-charge-100k-for-early-access-to-truth-social-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20850","title":{"rendered":"Judge weighs if Trump can charge $100K for early access to Truth Social posts"},"content":{"rendered":"

AI-rewritten:<\/strong> This is a summary of an article from Ars Technica, rewritten by AI (Qwen, running locally) to make it easier to read. The facts come from the original article – read it for the full story.<\/p>\n

Ars Technica •
\n Ashley Belanger
\n • October 8, 2026<\/strong><\/div>\n\n

A federal judge will soon decide if President Donald Trump can legally charge up to $100,000 monthly for early access to his Truth Social posts. Department of Justice attorney Brantley Mayers argued that selling this API access does not violate the law, comparing Trump’s paid feed to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s free "fireside chats." Mayers suggested that just as some Americans in the 1930s and 40s could not afford radios, some news groups today cannot afford Trump’s high fees.<\/p>\n

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However, US District Judge Paul Oetken challenged this comparison by noting that Roosevelt did not charge money for his broadcasts. The judge also questioned whether delaying public access by a fraction of a second meaningfully harms the free press. Meanwhile, Nikhel Sus, chief counsel for CREW, criticized the FDR analogy as unpersuasive and noted that no elected official has ever owned a media company to profit from presidential announcements.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit argues that Trump’s fees violate the First Amendment and the Presidential Records Act by creating tiers of access to government information he does not technically own. Sus warned that if the court allows these sales, it sets a dangerous precedent where public officials profit from their office and delay information behind paywalls. Judge Oetken has not yet ruled but promised a written decision on whether to block the API sales in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

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Source:<\/strong> Ars Technica •
\n Ashley Belanger
\n • October 8, 2026<\/p>\n

Read the original article at Ars Technica →<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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