I wonder what the common factor between these people is (besides their skin-tone I mean).
Because surely there must be some kind of census or survey or company that had collected phone numbers and people's race information at some point. And it either got leaked or was intentionally created to harvest the phone numbers of black people?
The question that comes to mind is what percentage of black Facebook users have their phone number on their profile (only visible to their friends) and have also friended a bot? (or joined a group that compromises their security?) A fraction of a percent is still enough to do some harm.
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[ 5.0 ms ] story [ 36.2 ms ] threadBecause surely there must be some kind of census or survey or company that had collected phone numbers and people's race information at some point. And it either got leaked or was intentionally created to harvest the phone numbers of black people?
People have bad cyber hygiene in general but most people know not to post their mobile on their social media publicly.
Facebook signups -> "trusted 3rd party for serving you relevant ads" -> Jimbo's Totally Legit Web Marketing Service -> mass racist texts
It is entirely possible it was coordinated directly with bad actors / Elons at the social media companies.