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2022-12-31 18:03:14 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F9D01C64BCBD6C6853327752DA690D0F713F0DDA522BF35AAC618D405FAB42C4
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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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