Two Frenchmen receive suspended jail sentences after livestreamer's death

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Two Frenchmen receive suspended jail sentences after livestreamer's death
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Two French livestreamers received suspended prison sentences on Wednesday after being convicted of repeatedly abusing and humiliating a man during online broadcasts that preceded his death. Though the pair were cleared of causing the man's death, they were found guilty of violence and incitement to hatred in a case that has exposed the darker underbelly of online streaming.

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