{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. 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Bloomberg and two Wall Street trading firms are reportedly paying up to $100,000 per month for this speed advantage, which critics deem unethical.","category":"Media","area":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-29T03:45:33.371Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-29T02:53:36.452Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-29T04:30:31.039Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":70,"critic":70,"hype":45,"notes":{"trust":"Central claims corroborated by 7 sources, with 2 full reports and 5 digests.","critic":"Reporting is clear and holds together, with specific figures and entities named.","hype":"Headlines use 'exclusive' and 'faster access' but the body is factual."}},"tags":["#TruthSocial","#DonaldTrump","#FinancialNews","#TechIndustry","#MarketAccess"],"entities":["Donald Trump","Truth Social","Bloomberg","Susquehanna International Group","Jump Trading","Trump Media and Technology Group"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Truth Social offers a paid service providing clients with faster access to President Donald Trump's posts.","Bloomberg, Susquehanna International Group, and Jump Trading are clients for this service, paying up to $100,000 per month.","The service offers a timing advantage of 50 milliseconds for subscribers.","Critics argue the service is unethical and gives traders an advantage over private investors."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Truth Social, the social media platform founded by President Donald Trump, is selling a service that provides clients with faster access to his posts. News and data provider Bloomberg and two Wall Street firms, Susquehanna International Group and Jump Trading, are reportedly clients for this service. These firms specialise in high-frequency and algorithmic trading strategies."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The service, which uses an application programming interface (API), costs clients up to $100,000 per month. It is designed to deliver Trump's posts more quickly than a user checking the app directly, offering a timing advantage of 50 milliseconds. This speed difference can be significant for financial firms using automated trading systems when presidential statements potentially influence market prices."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Critics have raised concerns that the service is unethical and grants traders an advantage over private investors. Trump Media and Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social, stated that the report is based on misleading information from anonymous sources and that the API product is industry-standard with significant demand."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on lawsuit details"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"DiarioBitcoin reports that the service faces political criticism and a lawsuit filed in August. Handelsblatt mentions a lawsuit is pending against Truth Social's payment model. Times of India states that Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiff asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate the service, calling it a \"shocking abuse\" of office. It also notes an ongoing lawsuit by Intercept Media and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, describing the service as \"profoundly corrupt\" and alleging violations of the First and Fifth Amendments."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the centre-rated reports mentioned the lawsuit against Truth Social's payment model or the criticism from Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiff, or the lawsuit by Intercept Media and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, details that were included in the right-rated reports."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"The Hindu Business Line","url":"https://thehindubusinessline.com/news/world/bloomberg-two-trading-firms-agree-to-pay-trumps-truth-social-for-faster-access-to-presidents-posts-sources-say/article71638783.ece","headline":"Bloomberg, two trading firms agree to pay Trump’s Truth Social for faster access to president’s posts, sources 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