The claim that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was fined $150 billion for warning about COVID-19 “crimes” is false. While Jones has promoted various conspiracy theories on his show, there is no evidence to support the claim that he was fined for COVID-19-related crimes. However, Jones has been ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion to the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims after promoting the false claim that the shooting was staged.
Jones filed for bankruptcy after the ruling and a judge ordered the liquidation of his personal assets. There has been no lawsuit related to COVID-19 statements, but New York Attorney General Letitia James sent Jones a cease and desist letter in 2020 for fraudulently marketing products as COVID-19 treatments.
The post comparing Jones to Mark Zuckerberg, who was not fined for COVID-19-related claims, likely refers to Zuckerberg’s statements about censorship of COVID-19 content under pressure from the Biden administration in 2021.
Overall, the claim that Alex Jones was fined $150 billion for COVID-19 “crimes” is inaccurate, but he has faced significant financial consequences for promoting false conspiracy theories related to the Sandy Hook shooting.
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