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trasz
on July 21, 2021
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Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted hi...
It is a US-only phenomenon. So far nobody was able to show an example of this happening in other countries.
zepto
on July 21, 2021
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Why are you making a false statement when you could easily have checked for yourself?
https://www.newstatesman.com/sci-tech/2015/08/swatting-uk-tr...
trasz
on July 22, 2021
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The article clearly says it was the first such occurrence. Also, it’s not clear this really was swatting, in that nobody was endangered: the police didn’t storm the house.
coldtea
on July 25, 2021
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The word phenomenon implies repeated occurence, not some one-off or rare situation.
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