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On top of numerous legal issues - both from his estranged wife, who alleged him to have been of questionable sanity (something that isn't doubtful considering his erratic and irrational behaviour), and those whom he accused of being "in" on certain conspiracies (e.g., families of Sandy Hook shooting victims including social activist Leonard Pozner, whose son was murdered in the attack), Jones has since been branded a pariah by mainstream social media and internet services, namely Facebook, Apple, YouTube, Spotify, Periscope and Roku, largely for promoting hate speech and inciting violence against people of other faiths and ethnicities. PayPal has also barred him from conducting business transactions. The official InfoWars mobile apps were removed from the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store, in the latter case only in March 2020 because of lies and misinformation Jones circulated about the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Similar crackdowns were made on YouTube channels and mobile apps either associated with Jones or mirroring any content from his site.
In light of the 2021 United States Capitol riots, it was reported by the ''Washington Post'' that the FBI was investigating Jones' role in influencing the domestic terror groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers in the incursion.<ref>Hsu, Spencer (February 20, 2021).[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/stone-jones-capitol-riot-investigation-radicalization/2021/02/19/97d6e6ee-6cad-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html "U.S. investigating possible ties between Roger Stone, Alex Jones and Capitol rioters".] The Washington Post.</ref> In addition, judges have ruled against Alex Jones in [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alex-jones-sandy-hook-infowars-b1957993.html all four of the defamation lawsuits] tied to his Sandy Hook claims. In December 2022, Jones filed for [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/us/politics/alex-jones-bankruptcy.html personal bankruptcy], which turned into a [https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/06/media/alex-jones-assets-sandy-hook/index.html Chapter 7 bankruptcy] requiring him to liquidate all of his personal assets — including his personal stake in Infowars — to pay off the defamation lawsuits.
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* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: He claims that the guys at Bohemian Grove were sacrificing a baby to the god Molech. The statue which he claims represents Molech is an owl. Molech is a man with the head of a bull, and the "baby" is an effigy which is supposed to represent the "dull cares of conscience".
* [[Divided States of America]]: Famously claimed the Democrats would start a second American Civil War on July 4th, 2018. When the date passed without incident, the internet and Twitter exploded with memes mocking his ill-conceived prediction.<ref>https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/7/5/17536556/second-civil-war-conspiracy-theory-july-4-twitter-meme</ref>
* [[Everyone Has Standards]]: While Alex is pretty much infamous for his rabid conspiracism, he did for once expressed contempt for [[Adolf Hitler]], and (somewhat) condemned the likes of Nick Fuentes and [[Kanye West]] for admiring Hitler, further claiming how his grandfather witnessed atrocities of concentration camps when liberating Europe.
* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: Alex thinks that just about ''everything'' is part of a massive global conspiracy by the Elite to kill off the little people. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2w2TRxSLxw And now, juice boxes are apparently part of the conspiracy, as well.]▼
* [[False-Flag Operation]]: Notoriously claimed the Sandy Hook shootings was a hoax perpetrated by “crisis actors” in a broad scheme to trample on Second Amendment rights. Given the lawsuits that resulted and the media platforms he's been kicked off of, it seems this was one time he crossed the line and was unable to do so "twice".
** Also, Jones is so nuts that many ''other'' [[Conspiracy Theorist]]s who believe in [[New World Order]] scenarios have claimed he is pulling this type of thing on their behalf! Of course, ''he'' makes the same accusations towards ''them''.
▲* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: Alex thinks that just about ''everything'' is part of a massive global conspiracy by the Elite to kill off the little people. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2w2TRxSLxw And now, juice boxes are apparently part of the conspiracy, as well.]
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Alex Jones himself.
* [[Identical Stranger]]: He looks a lot like [[Bill Hicks]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bdM9xcnfus&feature=related This] video postulates Bill faked his own death and is now Alex Jones.
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