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Officials condemn racist text messages sent to Black residents in several states

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Summary
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76% Informative

The FBI says it is aware of "offensive and racist text messages sent to individuals around the country" The texts were sent from numbers with area codes in at least 25 states, CBS News found.

TextNow says it shut down accounts as soon as it became aware of the texts.

The messages were received by people in Alabama , Texas , Georgia , Florida , Maryland , Pennsylvania , South Carolina and Ohio .

VR Score

78

Informative language

77

Neutral language

60

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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