Kojima Productions is threatening legal action after a news station in Greece misidentified founder Hideo Kojima as the assassin behind the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
In a statement posted to Twitter Saturday morning, the English-language Twitter account for the video game developer stated that they"do not tolerate such libel and will consider taking legal action in some cases."
#KojimaProductions strongly condemns the spread of fake news and rumors that convey false information. We do not tolerate such libel and will consider taking legal action in some cases. pic.twitter.com/fDi0FR9kB0 — KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS July 9, 2022 According to Kotaku, the Greek news outlet ANT1 TV aired a segment discussing the Tetsuya Yamagami, the suspect accused of shooting Shinzo Abe as he gave a public campaign speech Friday in front of the Yamato-Saidaiji station in Nara, Japan.
During the ANT1 TV segment, a number of social media photos of Kojima were shown as the anchors verbally identified him as Yamagami.The misidentification of Kojima as Yamagami is believed to have started as a joke on a 4chan forum, but was later amplified when far-right French politician Damien Rieu posted a tweet showing a number of photos of Kojima with the caption saying"The extreme left kills.
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