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Infowars is an inactive American far-right, conspiracy theorist, and fake news website, which was created by Alex Jones. Founded in 1999, it operated under Free Speech Systems LLC. Talk shows and other content for the site were created primarily in studios at an undisclosed location in an industrial area in the outskirts of Austin, Texas. Reports in 2017 stated that the Infowars website received approximately 10 million monthly visits, making its reach greater than some mainstream news websites such as The Economist and Newsweek at the time. Infowars regularly published fake stories that have led to harassment of crime victims. In February 2018, Jones, the publisher, director, and owner of the site, was accused of discrimination and sexual harassment of employees. Infowars, and in particular Jones, have advocated numerous conspiracy theories, particularly around purported domestic false flag operations by the U.S. government, which they allege include the 9/11 attack and Sandy Hook shooting. At various times Infowars has issued retractions as a result of legal challenges. Jones has had contentious material removed, and has also been suspended and banned from many platforms for violating their terms of service, including Facebook, Twitter, and Roku. It is classified as a conspiracy propagandist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Infowars earned most of its revenue from direct sales of products pitched by Jones, which initially consisted of videos and later included survivalist products and branded merchandise, but shifted primarily to dietary supplements by the late 2010s. Jones also staged direct-donation telethons called "money bombs," although Infowars was never a nonprofit organization. After $1.3 billion in damages were awarded to Sandy Hook families in a series of defamation lawsuits against Jones and Infowars, the organization faced bankruptcy proceedings from 2022 to 2025, but a federal bankruptcy judge ultimately ruled that only Alex Jones's...