Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-01-02 05:47:30 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4A8DC5DF21C607FBEF0DA9DC6FB823DC98D7B403AA4FC20B9FF21DB4809EA395
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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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