Birdwatch Note Rating
2022-12-31 21:42:22 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DED21BCABF8F3603B532B36FB430539B4040D2A7227FB6FF0FDC9424E46E2870
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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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