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2023-01-03 03:18:04 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 53C07352A142C92E32EC616D2AD6F7C7A9DE706FE7033EFC855679346EB99B11
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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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