Bloomberg News
@Bloomberg-News·2.8M subscribers·40.1K videos
FBI Investigating Reports of Robocalls Telling Voters to Stay Home
Posted
November 4, 2020
Views
61,661
Likes
175
Comments
100
Engagement
November 4, 2020
61,661
175
100
0.45%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
21:45
0:47Now PlayingSocial media users in the US have reported receiving robocalls urging them to “stay safe and stay home” on Election Day, November 3.
The Washington Post reported that an estimated 10 million of the robocalls were placed over several weeks, across hundreds of US zip codes, and were flagged by YouMail, a company that sells robocall-blocking software. The call, which was initially assumed by some recipients to refer to public health safety measures, tells people: “Time to stay home. Stay safe and stay home.”
Hashim Warren, in Greensboro, North Carolina, received the call at around 9.56 am on Election Day, according to phone records he shared with Storyful. He posted recordings of the call on both Twitter and Soundcloud.
“Just got a robocall telling my to ‘stay safe and stay home’ on election day. Who do I report this to?” he tweeted.
Deen Freelon, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media, also tweeted a recording of the call, writing that a friend had received it on November 2. “Now this isn’t technically mis- or disinformation, but it’s still pretty ominous. I only hope it’s transparent enough to be completely ineffective,” Freelon wrote.
Nebraska’s Secretary of State Robert Evnen on Election Day said his office had “received reports of anonymous phone calls to voters telling voters to ‘stay home and stay safe.’” Evnen’s office assured voters that polling places were open and that “voters and our poll workers will be kept safe.”
Subscribe to our YouTube channel
QUICKTAKE ON SOCIAL:
Follow QuickTake on Twitter: twitter.com/quicktake
Like QuickTake on Facebook: facebook.com/quicktake
Follow QuickTake on Instagram: instagram.com/quicktake
Subscribe to our newsletter
Email us at quicktakenews@gmail.com
QuickTake by Bloomberg is a global news network delivering up-to-the-minute analysis on the biggest news, trends and ideas for a new generation of leaders.
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
