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2023-01-01 00:51:04 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1E987A74D1ADE13F7DA30DF17A737B9DDC34AA04872AA490EA14EE2F6034D37D
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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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