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.

  • Melllvar
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    15 months ago

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

    • @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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      05 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.

      • Melllvar
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        15 months ago

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

        • @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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          05 months ago

          How about harassment? Inciting violence? Reckless endangerment?

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