Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-01-01 16:10:16 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7F7D5A13AF9D3FBA40E81882CA23949341DD36C88CA2C0595AD158F80F3A91C4
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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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