Potential for Texting Crackdown Looms Large Over 2020
Over Independence Day weekend T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon blocked the Trump campaign’s P2P text program. Here’s why other campaigns should take note.
Sometime over the Independence Day weekend, when supporters of President Trump were winning a “500%-MATCH extension” or being selected to unlock a “DOUBLE-ENTRY,” T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon reportedly stopped the campaign from delivering P2P texts — not its bulk texts — to some of its subscribers.
While some supporters didn’t notice an interruption to the Trump campaign’s relentless texting, overall it took the ...
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