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US authorities charge two men for encouraging racist attacks on Telegram

Prosecutors say the men were using Telegram to transmit bomb-making instructions and distribute a list of potential targets for assassination [File: Carlo Allegri/Reuters]

Two people, who prosecutors say were motivated by white supremacist ideology, used the social media messaging app Telegram to encourage acts of violence against minorities, government officials and critical infrastructure in the United States, the Justice Department said.

The defendants, Dallas Erin Humber and Matthew Robert Allison, were identified on Monday, days after they were arrested.

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