Birdwatch Note Rating
2022-12-31 22:07:52 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2F1E148E62276FF995A4480A9B87C1F2CAAFC522D4E432927F446677D1ACD5FE
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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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