Alex Jones owes $1.5 billion after defaming the families of those killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, claiming it was a hoax staged by crisis actors.

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The satirical news website The Onion, which claims to have 4.3 trillion daily readers, will partner with a gun violence prevention organisation to relaunch the conspiracy website, Infowars.

Infowars’ founder Alex Jones claimed the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax conducted by crisis actors.

What’s next?

Jones has vowed to file legal challenges to stop The Onion taking his site.

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    In a statement, The Onion chief executive Ben Collins said the organisation wanted to replace “Infowars’ relentless barrage of disinformation” with the Onion’s “relentless barrage of humour”.

    “The Onion is proud to acquire Infowars, and we look forward to continuing its storied tradition of scaring the site’s users with lies until they fork over their cold, hard cash,” he said.