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2022-12-31 22:41:36 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1B962B90F050B56469C6C6CBE7741AE7479EC9F2C72D2079A07E3DBB1CE97928
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Original Note:
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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