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2023-01-13 17:48:41 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2822912D116F9531C93AA53AD8F145F6CB5466902CC774990CFA4116E4C26969
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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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