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Black people across the country have been getting racist texts about slave plantations
Black Americans throughout the country have been getting racist text messages about slave plantations. One texting platform called it a “widespread, coordinated attack.”
The “texts appear to be targeting Black and Brown individuals, including students,” New York’s attorney general Letitia James said. TextNow told CNN that it believes this is a “widespread, coordinated attack.” The service lets people sign up anonymously and sends texts via randomly-generated phone numbers. It says it has been busy “rapidly disabling the related accounts.” The company is also “working alongside our industry partners to uncover more details and continue to monitor patterns to actively block any new accounts attempting to send these messages.”
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