Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars could be shut down in a few months after a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Tuesday that the assets of his media company, Free Speech Systems, can be sold off.
The proceeds will go to the families of Sandy Hook victims, who were awarded $1.5 billion dollars in damages after Jones falsely claimed the 2012 school shooting never happened, leading some of his followers to harass and threaten the families for years.
The IP assets include the domain name InfoWars.com and 400 other domains, according to a source. Bidders have until November 8th to place offers for the assets, including social media accounts, podcast sites, newsletter subscribers, product trademarks, and production equipment.
Bankruptcy trustee Christopher Murray revealed in court that several parties have already shown interest in purchasing Free Speech Systems’ assets, including Alex Jones’ Twitter/X.com account with more than 2 million followers.
The sale will begin with sealed bids, followed by open auctions on November 13th and December 13th if needed. The bidders remain unknown and could range from other vitamin and supplement companies to entities aiming to either shut down the Infowars brand or keep it alive.
Registered in 1999, the domain name InfoWars.com has an authority ranking of 78 with ahrefs and 12 million backlinks.
Story kudos: Dale G.
