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2022-12-31 18:11:28 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C15F8D840EB3BB9BCDD3633BBFEEBC340C9701D813E4FE0B182281391CB41A33
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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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