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FBI investigates racist text messages sent to black people across US - BBC News

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Summary
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64% Informative

FBI investigating offensive and racist text messages sent to black people across US .

Messages sent to recipients in states including Alabama , North Carolina , Virginia , New York and Pennsylvania .

Some of the messages mentioned the Trump campaign which strongly denied any connection.

TextNow , a mobile provider that allows people to create phone numbers for free, said it found one or more of its accounts were used to send text messages in violation of its terms of service.

VR Score

60

Informative language

53

Neutral language

67

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

56

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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