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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.

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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.

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Racist text messages referencing slavery prompt investigations by FBI, others

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‘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.

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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,

Verizon, AT&T tell courts: FCC can’t punish us for selling user location data

Verizon and AT&T both said the fines violate their Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial, and that the location data ...

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GOP Tells FCC to Halt New Work After Trump Victory

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel was urged to pump the brakes on any actions that could be considered partisan.

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.

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Could Musk’s influence extend to FCC authorisation?

The past months have seen a tennis match of submissions volley back and forth between SpaceX and the Federal ...

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FCC commissioner claims Harris on ‘SNL’ violates ‘equal time’ rule

A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner has claimed that Vice President Harris’s recent appearance on ...

Federal, local authorities investigating racist texts sent to people around the U.S.

The bureau is working with the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission, Federal Communications Commission and other ...

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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 Commissioner blasts Harris’ SNL appearance as ‘clear and blatant effort’ to evade Equal Time rule

The senior Republican commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission blasted Vice President Kamala Harris’ “Saturday Night Live” debut as a “clear and blatant effort” to evade the ...

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Fraternal Order of Police urges Trump to name Brendan Carr as next FCC chair

The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) on Wednesday sent a letter to President-elect Trump to encourage him to appoint Commissioner Brendan Carr as the next chairman of the Federal Communications ...

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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.

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Astronomers Call for Pause on SpaceX Starlink Launches

No Brakes It turns out that there are consequences to launching an unchecked amount of satellites into the Earth's orbit.

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