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Free Speech in “Info Wars” Era

02/09/2018 GMT

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The bitter legal battles of Info Wars founder Alex Jones

The bitter legal battles of Info Wars founder Alex Jones.

Alex Jones, owner of media outlet Info Wars, is being sued for defamation by the parents of some of the children killed in the Sandy Hook school massacre in Connecticut in 2012. Jones has consistently claimed that the tragedy was a hoax. What exactly are the limits of free speech?

Also in the programme: How Finland deals with homelessness; and how the Trump era is affecting Latinos in America.

(Image: A sign stands near the site of the December 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting on the day of the National School Walkout on 14th March 2018. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

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