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2023-01-03 17:56:15 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 010862CF78A0B72E8E709E373D56BAEA3800AF33F57D591D592A6A5CF1B3FBFE
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This tweet is false. The term “swatting” refers to the practice of making an intentionally false report to police in order to elicit a forceful and potentially violent police response. Tate was detained as a result of a real investigation into conduct he himself described: https://web.archive.org/web/20220108225827/https://www.cobratate.com/phd-program
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