Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-01-02 02:56:54 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7D38E4442926E109864D3DC53D001A5A4509FC39CE6E3A8E7F48125550384A89
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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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