Alex Jones’ hoax trials in US spotlight misinformation profiteer

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Jones exploited an internet ecosystem that experts say makes misinformation a lucrative business. Read more at straitstimes.com.

in his home state of Texas, saying his liabilities far exceeded his assets that were worth between US$1 million and US$10 million.More On This TopicLast month, the Washington Post reported that Jones had transferred millions of dollars out of Free Speech Systems to firms that he or his family members controlled, citing financial records.

A jury in Connecticut awarded $965 million in October to relatives of eight Sandy Hook victims and an FBI agent. The judge later tacked on an additional $473 million in punitive damages. “Their children got slaughtered – I saw it myself,” Mr Bill Aldenberg, the FBI agent, said in an emotionally charged testimony during the Connecticut trial in September.

InfoWars sales data presented during the Connecticut trial showed a major spike in revenue after Jones peddled a new lie about the school shooting.

 

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