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2022-12-31 16:13:34 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 84509B6434238696D4B0E6873D69E7CB58576F28216101A309FAA4A9C3D961B1
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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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