What is Trump Media's Truth API and why is it controversial?
- When Donald Trump speaks, financial traders are among the keenest listeners.
- From trade wars to military wars, anything the US president says can shift markets, and so teams of traders - as well as a host of automated computer systems - monitor his statements to perform trades within seconds.
- Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) now wants to charge for such market-moving information put out on it Truth Social platform.
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- When Donald Trump speaks, financial traders are among the keenest listeners.
- From trade wars to military wars, anything the US president says can shift markets, and so teams of traders - as well as a host of automated computer systems - monitor his statements to perform trades within seconds.
- Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) now wants to charge for such market-moving information put out on it Truth Social platform.
Sources: BBC News