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Alex Jones is profiting from his new game on Steam — while refusing to pay the Sandy Hook families he defamed (www.mediamatters.org)

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Following his trial for defamation of the families of the children and school staff killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is using Valve Corp.’s Steam, the world’s largest digital distribution platform for PC games, to sell an Infowars-themed video game. Jones claims to have earned hundreds of thousands in revenue from the video game, yet he has refused to pay the Sandy Hook families. Alex Jones: NWO Wars also mirrors and cartoonishly repackages the conspiracy theorist’s regularly violent, hateful rhetoric despite the platform’s policies against hate speech.

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[-] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If you're poor though they just put you in jail while they figure that stuff out. If they figure it out.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 4 points 9 months ago

These are civil cases.

[-] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

That's honestly just worse if true. How is this not criminal? He doesn't go to jail unless the state is what he's ripped off? You know, the one by the people for the people?

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 9 months ago

The 1st Amendment presents a very high bar for criminal prosecution of speech.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

A bar over which he took off into fucking orbit! It's 100% because of rich, famous, right wing white guy privilege that he isn't in prison right now.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 9 months ago

On the contrary, the more unpopular the speech, the higher the bar.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

There's unpopular and then there's "no way someone without his immense privilege could ever get away with saying the exact same things without being tried in criminal court."

This is without a doubt the latter.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 9 months ago

There isn't even a criminal law to charge them with.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

How about harassment? Inciting violence? Reckless endangerment?

His disgusting crusade against the parents were undoubtedly all of those things and more.

[-] BobGnarley@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

They will not. This is a civil case its not like he owes the IRS. Man you said that so confidently and its got like 20 upvotes while being so clearly and easily serachable to be proved completely false. Lol this thread is full of morons

[-] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It may not apply to this case, but it certainly does apply in a wide way.

There is also this.

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