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Hispanic, LGBTQ communities receive hateful emails after racist text surge

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A week after cellphone users across the U.S. reported a flurry of 
racist text messages, members of the Hispanic and LGBTQ communities are 
now receiving text messages saying they have been selected for 
deportation or to report to a re-education camp, according to a new 
statement from the FBI.

The messages follow reports of African American and Black residents 
receiving racist texts in the days after the 2024 election that they 
were selected to "pick cotton on a plantation," according to the FBI. 
Cellphone users in at least nine cities -- New York, Atlanta, 
Charlotte, Raleigh, Houston, Huntsville, Texas, Los Angeles, Norfolk, 
Virginia, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama -- reported receiving the messages.

The new message also include some emails, the FBI said in its 
statement.

TextNow, a mobile provider that allows people to create phone numbers 
for free, said last week it discovered "one or more" of its users 
allegedly sending out racist text messages to phone numbers across the 
country and that the service quickly shut down the accounts.

The FBI has said it is in contact with the Justice Department and other 
federal authorities on the matter.

Recipients of these messages include high school and college students.

"Although we have not received reports of violent acts stemming from 
these offensive messages, we are evaluating all reported incidents and 
engaging with the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division," the FBI 
said in its Friday statement. "We are also sharing information with our 
law enforcement partners, and community, academia, and faith leaders."

Anyone who receives these messages -- or any threats of violence -- is 
encouraged to report them to the FBI.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/hispanic-lgbtq-communities-receive-hateful-
emails-after-racist/story?id=115916272

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