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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

It all comes from Arizona. Ive never been to Arizona. My phone number isnt anywhere near Arizona. One year, I replied STOP to every text. Nothing stopped. Now I just cuss them out and block them, but it still persists. I wrote an email to the Arizona Republican's main office and demanded my number be removed from thier canvassing. Crickets. More spam. 3 today alone. I am so tired of this shit. It doesnt help that I think conservatives are pieces of shit and I am a member of a marginalized community that they are targeting with hate and discriminative laws.

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[-] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 77 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If you get an unwanted text message, there are three ways to report it:

Copy the message and forward it to 7726 (SPAM). This helps your wireless provider spot and block similar messages in the future.

Report it on the messaging app you use. Look for the option to report junk or spam.

Report it to the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov

So they pass the buck to other people who don't care and don't even have the power to do anything about it. Then they give you a link to report fraud, which is an entirely different crime.

[-] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

You’re right. See my edit.

[-] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Thanks. I'll do this.

[-] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 months ago

This is a good idea, as it might eventually lead to policies or laws that would reduce the spam.

I wouldn't get my hopes up for resolution any time soon, though. Keep in mind that some of the biggest influence campaigns targeting US politics are run by foreign parties, and bulk text messages are cheap and consequence-free. Sadly, stopping it might require changing your phone number.

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Political campaigns are exempted from most of those regulations. For example, the DNC list doesn't protect against them.

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago

Unfortunately they respond to engagement.

PNW has a large snowbird population so AZ has been trying to get PNW Rs to switch their registration to AZ to help it be more reliably red.

[-] LordGimp@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago

Clearly the only way to be sure is to destroy Arizona.

[-] ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago

Google messages has good spam filtering, but that requires you to use Google messages. Depends if you prefer Google or spam

[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Make complaints to your congressman's office. Those texts are illegal and should be reported.

[-] bruhbeans@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

Are you responding literally "stop" or are you editorializing like "please stop for the love of Satan"? The former is supposed to be seen by the system and you're supposed yo be automatically unsubscribed. The latter goes to a person and that person may try to engage you. At least, when I've done text-banking, that's how it worked. A less reputable system may try to engage you regardless. If you get sent to a person it's also up to the person to decide if and how they talk to you. If I saw something that made it clear the person didn't want to talk, I would tell the system to unsub them, others might try to be persistent.

[-] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

That’s how it SHOULD work. But I’ve replied with just stop or unsubscribe depending on their chosen system’s keyword. I just received a nearly identical message from a different number. Maybe Nancy Pelosi and Hakeem Jeffries were just determined at that time, but it definitely wasn’t handled the way it should have been.

[-] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

I am getting the same crap from the Republicans. Don't get me wrong, I could care less regardless of party, but it's ridiculous.

In my case, since I moved to a VOIP service for voice and text, I just keep adding these to the blacklist, and don't hear from any of them again, but they do keep coming from other numbers.

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I get emails for Wisconsin and Michigan politicians...

I live on the East Coast

[-] besmtt@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Port your number to Google voice. Their spam blocking is great. That and/or get a Pixel. TBH I'm not exactly sure which one is blocking spam calls but I haven't gotten one in years. I only use Google voice for texting though, so that would have to be blocking spam texts.

[-] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

all of the above.

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