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2022-12-31 21:42:22 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C683DD47B959A5544E1BAB5D1977A104CA3CC9D6F4646E24B27D466703468A56
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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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