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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
    Media
    A record of controversy: Piers Morgan’s career at CNN
  • Friday, 17 August, 2012
    Person in the NewsWorld
    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

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2011
    FT AlphavilleEquities
    Tim Geithner and stuffed elephants at the Harvard Club
  • Friday, 26 November, 2010
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Vineyard paper for Kohlberg
  • Monday, 22 February, 2010
    The World blogWorld
    World government, Alex Jones and me
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