https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/alex-jones-damages-sandy-hook-shooting-1.6542279
First it was 4.1 million in compensatory damages and just now another 45.2 million in punitive damages.
This amount may yet change, but there are still other cases to come.
“Alex Jones has learned that 'speech is free, but lies you have to pay for,' says lawyer”
It’s a nice, but far too tiny first step.
Censorship by economy.
Alex is a nutball but silencing people because they don't like him is authoritarian.
Unfortunately he hasn’t been silenced as he deserves to be. He still has worshipful zealot followers like his hero tRump. Plus, since he still earned millions of dollars more than this pittance of a fine over the last decade since he started to send his worshipping troops after the slaughtered children’s families, then he (plus other degenerate scum like him) will see his techniques as a way to earn millions $$$. And they won’t be fiscally incorrect to come to that conclusion.
A just and lawful government and society would make such a bankrupt, and almost pitiable piece of human detritus out of this profiteering scum, that he and others will never try this again.
Clearly his sponsors must be fined (
painfully) as well.
What exactly does that damage entail?
Death threats and other harassment against the grieving family members of the children slaughtered by the ****-head who walked into their school with military weapons. You know, just for kicks.
The ****-heads who harassed the family members? Jones’ listeners. And yes, they should suffer too.