My Journey to the Center of America’s Political Spam Text Hell

I’ve gotten nearly 2,000 campaign fundraising texts that were meant for someone else. I tried to find out why—and uncovered a labyrinth of politicians, data brokers, and shady tactics.

作者因数据公司把亲属的捐款记录错配到自己的手机号，多年收到上千条民主党筹款短信，退订无效。追踪短信中的追踪码后，他发现这些信息多来自利用AI建立捐款人数据库并出租名单的Sterling Data Company。