Media groups sue Trump over paid access to public social media posts

Lawsuit claims Trump profits unfairly by charging up to $100,000 monthly for exclusive access to presidential posts.Published On 12 Aug 202612 Aug 2026The publication The Intercept and the nonprofit Freedom of the Press Foundation have filed a federal lawsuit against United States President Donald Trump to block his social media service from selling advance access to his posts.Court filings on Wednesday argue that the subscription-based service would restrict access to matters of public interest.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Paris Saint-German beat Aston Villa 2-1 in Austria to defend titlelist 2 of 3Hegseth cautions that ICC may investigate US boat strikes in Latin Americalist 3 of 3US strikes in Yemen killed 153 civilians in 2025, says Pentagon reviewend of list“This scheme is profoundly corrupt,” the complaint reads. “The president stands to gain financially by giving ‘market-moving’ government information to those who are willing and able to pay his personal company.”The lawsuit cites the right to a free press under the US Constitution and argues that the plan would violate the First Amendment’s implicit guarantees of “equal access to the President’s public anno...