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Feds investigate racist texts sent across the country post-election


The FCC chair says they take this kind of targeting “seriously.”

She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. People across the country received racist text messages in the days after Donald Trump was elected to a second term for president, and now federal authorities are investigating. Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel called the messages “unacceptable” in a statement and says the agency’s enforcement bureau was already investigating.

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