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Illinois Supreme Court Oveturns Jussie Smollett’s Conviction on Hate Crime Hoax
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Illinois Supreme Court Oveturns Jussie Smollett’s Conviction on Hate Crime Hoax

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned Jussie Smollett’s conviction of charges that he perpetrated a hate-crime hoax against himself. The actor was convicted in December 2021 on five felony counts of disorderly conduct for the hoax, which occurred in 2019. Smollett had been sentenced to 150 days in a county jail and 30 months of…

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Game developer Hideo Kojima Subject of Hoax Around Shinzo Abe’s Assassination
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Game developer Hideo Kojima Subject of Hoax Around Shinzo Abe’s Assassination

Hideo Kojima, the noted Japanese video-game developer has become the victim of an Internet hoax linking him to last week’s assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe. Kojima is best known as the creator of the Metal Gear and the Death Stranding franchises. Pictures posted on the 4chan messaging website falsely described Kojima as a “left-wing…

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