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2022-12-31 15:34:36 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BDA71EE58458C0F8C1A88F7353700579577A360285B02A9D0B809C83350E36F0
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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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