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    What happened to text messages from ABC News?
    The text messaging service told ABC News that they were cooperating with law enforcement and condemned the messages. Some of the messages address the recipients by name. The TextNow representative said once the accounts that were allegedly behind the texts were reported, the accounts were disabled in less than an hour.

    Teens around US report receiving racist text messages

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    When did text messaging start?
    The first commercial SMS service launched in Sweden in 1993. Text messaging functionality gained traction in the mid-90s. In the early days, text messages could only be sent within a given network. Inter-network SMS didn't become standard until 1999.

    SMS texting: Legacy messaging is still popular in the US

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    Did a text messaging service end racist texts sent after the election?
    A text messaging service announced Friday that it ended the accounts of users allegedly connected to racists texts sent following the election.

    Text service says it shut down accounts allegedly behind racist messages

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    How has texting changed over the past year?
    Texting has changed over the past few years. With Android phones ' adoption of RCS messaging in 2019 and Apple's reluctant acceptance of the new standard earlier this year in iOS 18, legacy SMS texting is less relevant. Still, SMS is hanging on, especially in the United States.

    Is the rise of RCS enough to finally end the American love affair with SM…

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    Is texting still a thing?
    That interoperability helped texting become the thing over the next few years, with an estimated 250 billion SMS messages sent by 2002. Despite popular competing options offering more features (such as iMessage, WhatsApp, and Telegram), SMS texting remains prevalent.

    Is the rise of RCS enough to finally end the American love affair with SM…

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    Why were nonymous text messages sent the day after Election Day?
    A nonymous text messages containing disturbing content — such as claiming Black Americans had been “ selected to pick cotton” — were sent the day after Election Day, targeting recipients in more than 20 states. These types of threatening, racist messages should have never been able to be sent.

    Opinion: We’ve lost control of political text messaging — here’s how w…

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  3. CNN
    https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/16/tech/apple-adopt-new...

    Apple will make a big change to iPhone messages next year - CNN

  5. AP News
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    Racist text messages prompt investigations in multiple …

    6 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the …

  6. Forbes
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2023/11/...

    Apple Makes Surprise iPhone iMessage Change - Forbes

  7. WIRED
    https://www.wired.com/story/guide-to-rcs-why-it-makes-texting-better

    A Guide to RCS, Why Apple's Adopting It, and How ... - WIRED

  8. New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/technology/i...

    Apple Texting With Android Users to Improve Next Year

  9. Forbes
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/britneynguyen/2023/11/...

    Apple Gives In To Google: New iPhone Messaging System Will

  10. New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/technology/...

    Text Messaging Is Cool. But Where Are Its Boundaries?

  11. NBC News
    https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/apple/apple-make...

    Apple to make messaging between iPhones and Android devices …

  12. New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/text-messaging

    Text Messaging - The New York Times

  13. Bloomberg
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-16/...

    Apple Plans to Make It Easier to Text Between iPhones and Androids