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2022-12-31 15:18:59 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B25CCD02A504919782744BB4874233A604BEFA851F9DD8236DD28EE13D0DF88E
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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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