Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-01-01 18:18:45 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 78FE44A95866C4C3411B61300332ABB32A5AC6745C3D68B4B6CC512E415614A8
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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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