Birdwatch Note Rating
2022-12-31 22:01:06 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 688C3E578142D5D2F4995347C70CE6D03CA0F1748E69A9285BA01C5873B2807B
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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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