Alex Jones' financial penalty - Europe's energy cutbacks - Coral reef recovery

A Texas jury ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, marking the first time the Infowars host has been held financially liable for claiming the school shooting was a hoax. The parents testified about how they’ve endured a decade of trauma, [including] online threats, and harassment on the street.
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The parents had sought at least $150 million for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Jones’ attorney asked the jury to limit damages to $8 and Jones himself said any award over $2 million “would sink us.” Free Speech Systems, which is Infowars’ parent company, filed for bankruptcy during the two-week trial.
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Jones called the reduced award a major victory. “I admitted I was wrong. [...] I admitted that I followed disinformation but not on purpose. I apologized to the families. And the jury understood that.” he said. The jury must still decide how much he should pay in punitive damages.