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2022-12-31 18:06:15 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 93580ABC981F2951806EF876376FE33DE970782FD5A07F71470A93FEC6383785
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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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