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    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      InfoWars founder Alex Jones files for bankruptcy

      Far-right host was hit with almost $1.5bn in damages over false claims on Sandy Hook school shooting

    • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
      Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1bn over Sandy Hook hoax claims

      InfoWars founder hit with second massive damages award for lying about tragedy at Connecticut elementary school

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      InfoWars’ Alex Jones ordered to pay additional $45.2mn in Sandy Hook case

      Far-right conspiracy theorist faces additional trials for false claims about US school shooting

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      InfoWars’ Alex Jones ordered to pay $4.1mn to parents of Sandy Hook victim

      First penalty against far-right conspiracy theorist for false claims about US school shooting

    • Monday, 18 April, 2022
      Media
      Alex Jones’s InfoWars files for bankruptcy protection

      Conspiracy theorist hit by lawsuits over claims that Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax

    • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
      Spotify Technology SA
      Spotify chief defends Joe Rogan hosting Alex Jones on podcast

      Streaming site came under fire for airing interview with conspiracy theorist

    • Thursday, 6 September, 2018
      Social Media
      Twitter bans conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

      Messaging service says it was responding to ‘abusive behaviour’ by InfoWars figure

    • Sunday, 12 August, 2018
      The FT ViewDigital politics
      Social media must curb extremists and abusers

      Action against Infowars is only the start for Facebook and Apple

    • Friday, 10 August, 2018
      Jacob Heilbrunn
      Social media should sit out the panic over the alt-right

      Alex Jones inhabits an internet cesspool but attempts to silence him will fail

    • Wednesday, 8 August, 2018
      FT AlphavilleThomas Hale
      Further reading
    • Monday, 6 August, 2018
      Social Media
      Apple Spotify and Facebook block content from Infowars

      Trump-supporting website widely criticised for promoting conspiracy theories and hate speech

    • Thursday, 2 August, 2018
      Instant InsightGideon Rachman
      Infowars, Trumpworld and the cruelty of conspiracy theories

      The influence of the far-right Texas media operation is not confined to the US

    • Thursday, 10 August, 2017
      News in-depthUS politics & policy
      Trump loyalists lash out at ‘deep state gone rogue’

      President’s rightwing allies claim secretive groups are out to get him

    • Thursday, 15 June, 2017
      Inside BusinessMatthew Garrahan
      Social media is forcing brands to flex their muscles

      Groups are pulling ads from TV and theatre to sidestep a barrage of online criticism

    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2017
      Izabella Kaminska
      Wake up investors — you ignore conspiracy theories at your peril

      It seems the human psyche is comforted by stories that imply hidden order

    • Monday, 24 February, 2014
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      A record of controversy: Piers Morgan’s career at CNN
    • Friday, 17 August, 2012
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      The BBC boss off to New York to change the Times

      The hiring of Thompson shows the NYT is eyeing a digital future, writes Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson

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    • Friday, 26 November, 2010
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