Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-01-02 05:56:05 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 980C13C0873D42B03DE4C7C12B516474DB3EF7D9CE0DDE9D783C4EA84061A567
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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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