Almost immediately after Trump’s election was verified, ugliness started in the form of phone calls and text messages to Black individuals.
According to the experts, it appears that the phone calls or texts are individualized in that many of them use the recipient’s name. This makes it appear as though the sender(s) are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to track the recipient on social media – Facebook, Twitter, and the like – and identifying you by using data from your own social media.
Here is an example of a text message:
If you receive any of these messages, there are some important things to do and not do.
DO NOT speak to the caller, DO NOT call them back, DO NOT respond to them on social media. They want you to become excited and frightened.
DO NOT delete their number from you caller ID, DO NOT delete their text message from your phone, DO NOT delete the email from you email account. The authorities will need access to your phone — both landline or cell — to start tracking down the source.
DO CALL:
- your local police or sheriff immediately;
- the Virginia State Attorney General’s office;
- the FBI; and
- the US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division.
- Get your local police/sheriff’s phone number and keep it where you can find it in a moment. Here are other numbers.
- Virginia Attorney General, Office of Civil Rights: 804-224-2292
- FBI, Richmond Office: 804-261-1044
- US Dept of Justice, Civil Rights Div.: 1-202-514-3847
Here are two articles describing these telephone calls and text messages:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/us/racist-texts-black-people-investigation-what-we-know/index.html