FBI, Justice Department investigating racist mass texts sent following the election
The texts instructed recipients to “board a bus” that would transport them to a “plantation” to work as slaves, officials said.
Racist mass texts being probed by FBI, FCC, and more after horrifying black residents in multiple states
Several federal and state agencies are investigating how racist mass texts were sent to Black people across the country in the wake of the presidential election this week.
FBI, Justice Department investigate racist mass texts targeting Black Americans
Federal and state agencies are investigating racist mass text messages targeting Black Americans across multiple states following the recent presidential election.
Racist text messages referencing slavery prompt investigations by FBI, others
Federal Agencies 'Aware' Of Black Americans Receiving Racist Texts Across The Country
The texts told recipients in varying ways that they were selected for slavery and required to pick cotton at a plantation.
‘Selected to be a slave’: Racist texts sent to Black Americans in multiple states
The day after Election Day, Black Americans across nearly a dozen states started receiving text messages telling them they had been selected to become a slave.
Black people told to 'report as slaves' in wave of racist texts after US election
You have been selected to be a house slave’ – read one of the messages Black Americans received following Donald Trump’s victory in the US elections. A wave of racist texts with references to slave catchers’ and ‘picking cotton’ were sent to people,
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Federal, local authorities investigating racist texts sent to people around the U.S.
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Black People Across the Country Are Getting Racist Text Messages Saying They’re Going to Be Enslaved
Stick to the Script Across the United States, Black Americans are getting horrible text messages telling them that they're ...
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FCC adopts georouting rules for national suicide and crisis lifeline
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FCC waiver to provide discounted phone, broadband in aftermath of Milton
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Verizon, AT&T tell courts: FCC can’t punish us for selling user location data
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Reminder: Federal Communications Commission – November and December Filings
Each month, Kelley Drye’s Communications Group offers this reminder of upcoming filing deadlines that may affect our clients and friends.