In the hours after President Trump won a second term last year, Americans nationwide started receiving hate-filled text messages taking aim at their race, gender, sexuality or religion. Investigators ...

People use text messaging to directly harass, stalk or issue threats. Victims of the recent hateful mass-text campaign ranged from descendants of slaves in North Carolina, to middle and high schoolers ...

Around 3:30 p.m. Jan. 8, some parents reported receiving a message from Rockford Public Schools District 205 saying their ...

Hackers on Monday hijacked a mass text messaging service, pushing hundreds of thousands of scam texts to people who subscribe to alerts from New York state, a Catholic charity and a political ...

Hackers on Monday hijacked a mass text messaging service, pushing hundreds of thousands of scam texts to people who subscribe to alerts from New York state, a Catholic charity and a political ...

House Bill 4960 would make mass-text campaigns — those sent to multiple recipients in support or opposition of a candidate, party, public official or measure — a form of political advertising. iSTOCK ...

Companies like Google Voice and Text Now help customers sign up for free or low-cost digital phone numbers, while mass-texting companies, known as campaign service providers, help clients register ...