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Why your phone is flooded with political spam texts

Political campaign texts are flooding Americans’ phones, sometimes even reaching people who aren’t the intended recipients.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Dhruv Mehrotra, an investigative reporter for Wired, about his investigation into the data brokers and tactics behind the messages.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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