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New Wave of Harassing Text Messages Target Latinx and LGBTQ People

HeadlineNov 19, 2024

The FBI is investigating what appears to be a new campaign of abusive text messages, this time targeting Latinx and LGBTQ people. Some recipients received messages telling them they were selected for deportation. Other messages said recipients should report to a “re-education camp.” This comes on the heels of a text message campaign targeting Black people in the wake of Trump’s election victory in which recipients were told to report for slavery.

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