Police in Seattle have launched a scheme to help counteract ‘swatting’, the ha-ha-horrifying prank of hoaxing a violent police report against folks like streamers so the cops come kick their door in – with potentially deadly consequences. The Internet is a terrible hell. Now the Seattle Police Department will let local people who feel themselves at risk of swatting register that concern, so the possibility will be flagged when calls are made against them. It can’t solve the horrible tangle of problems with policing and society that make swatting even a thing, but at least it’s something.
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