Alex Jones was ordered to pay $965 million to families of Sandy Hook victims. Will the verdict dissuade future disinformation? See perspectives across the spectrum from mattklewis, MarkRWeaver, and youngsinick:
wrote that Jones “needs to die in destitution — and before that day comes, see absolute financial misery. That does not mean he should go without basic necessities that all humans deserve individually, but the days of him flying to court on a private jet should be over.
”The jury determined Jones must pay $965 million to the defamed plaintiffs. The trial detailed harassment endured by families of those killed in the massacre from believers of Jones’s conspiracy theory that the tragedy was staged to build public support for restrictions on gun rights.
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