Question of the Day #853

Some Twitter users, the majority of whom seem to be trans, are rallying behind #DropKiwifarms, using it as an opportunity to share their personal experiences with the forum that allegedly uses doxxing, swatting, and other intimidation tactics to bully their arbitrary targets, sometimes leading their victims to kill themselves.

From the 2nd paragraph of this article at Kotaku.

  上記の文で、swattingの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "swatting" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

スワッティング◆悪質ないたずら（または嫌がらせ）。「凶悪犯人が立てこもっている」などと虚偽の通報をして、第三者（いたずらのターゲット）の家に特殊部隊(SWAT)が派遣されるように仕向けること。

   

Answer

According to the Cambridge Dictionary:

the action of making a false report of a serious emergency so that a SWAT team (= a group of officers trained to deal with dangerous situations) will go to a person's home, by someone who wants to frighten, upset, or cause problems for that person

   

Examples

• Swatting involves placing a hoax emergency call to draw a strong police response to an address.
• The man who allegedly placed the "swatting" call has been arrested.
• It was only a matter of time before swatting would cost someone their life.
• Swatting incidents typically occur when an attacker has gained access to their victim’s personal information, such as their home or work address, which they are likely to obtain through one of these processes
• His plan was to swat other gamers during their streaming broadcasts so everyone would see it happen.

   

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