Articles List
A collection of articles about misinformation, conspiracy theories, online harassment, and related legal battles.
14 December 2024
After losing his son at Sandy Hook, Lenny Pozner spent ten years fighting fake news
Jacques Besnard — Edited by Sophie Gindensperger —December 14, 2022 at 7:30 a.m. Ten years to the day after the shooting, some Americans read more
1 February 2024
Sandy Hook at 10: Tragedy, conspiracy theories and justice (Part 2)
This episode of “Is that a Fact?” is part two of a two-part episode marking the 10th anniversary of the read more
18 August 2022
One family’s epic fight against Sandy Hook conspiracies, Alex Jones, and those who deny their son ever lived
Noah Pozner Loved His Family, And Batman, And Was The Youngest Victim Of The Newtown School Shooting In 2012. His read more
10 February 2022
The Sandy Hook Father Who Refused to Let Alex Jones Win
From the big lie to Bill Gates’s supposed Covid vaccine microchips, the internet loves a conspiracy theory. In this conversation, Kara read more
7 March 2021
La Presse – Defamation on the Internet – Web of Lies
Journalist: Emilie Bilodeau Source Link: La Presse March 7, 2021 A Brossard family victim of repeated attacks by a woman read more
21 February 2021
Buzzfeed – “Mark Changed The Rules”: How Facebook Went Easy On Alex Jones And Other Right-Wing Figures
Facebook’s rules to combat misinformation and hate speech are subject to the whims and political considerations of its CEO and read more
27 January 2021
Rioters Followed a Long Conspiratorial Road to the Capitol
Journalist: Elizabeth Williamson Source Link: New York Times January 27, 2021 When Brendan Hunt was arrested and charged with demanding read more
25 January 2021
After Alex Jones loses appeal, a Sandy Hook father looks forward to ‘face to face’ meeting in court
Journalist: Rob Ryser Source Link: CNT January 25, 2021 Two fathers who lost children in the Sandy Hook massacre spoke read more
3 January 2021
When online harassment moves into the real world
After a gunman murdered Lenny Pozner’s child, conspiracy theorists relentlessly attacked Pozner online. Then they came for him in person. read more
3 January 2021
INTERVIEW – 60 Minutes: What is Section 230 and Why Do People Want it Repealed? 
January 3, 2021 Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 protects internet platforms from liability for what users read more
20 November 2020
For the Father of a Sandy Hook Victim, Conspiracy Theories Are Much More Than Just Internet Fodder
Journalist: Ruth Bashinsky Source Link: Inside Edition November 21, 2020 The father of one of the 20 elementary school children read more
22 September 2020
He was shot in Kenosha, then received threats – a frightening pattern after high-profile incidents
Journalist: Gina Barton Source Link: USA Today September 22, 2020 Gaige Grosskreutz wasn’t even out of the hospital when his phone read more
1 August 2020
Successfully Blocked Prolific Hoaxer from Hiding His Crimes
On December 14, 2012, Noah Pozner became the youngest victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting, which read more
28 July 2020
DOCUMENTARY – FRONTLINE: UNITED STATES OF CONSPIRACY
July 28, 2020 Frontline examines Alex Jones and his conspiracy theories. Source Link: Frontline PBS THIS SANDY HOOK FATHER LIVES read more
27 July 2020
Judgment against James H Fetzer Increased to $1.1M
Fetzer Judgment Increased to $1.1M details
27 January 2020
A NOTORIOUS SANDY HOOK TORMENTOR IS ARRESTED IN FLORIDA
Journalist: Elizabeth Williamson Source Link: NY Times January 27, 2020 Wolfgang Halbig, who has falsely accused the families of shooting read more
16 January 2020
ORGANIZATION SCRUBS INTERNET OF HARASSING POSTS, HELPS FAMILY OF SHANANN WATTS
Journalist: Marc Sallinger Source Link: 9News January 16, 2020 https://www.9news.com/embeds/video/73-a7b4b446-7de6-46d9-93d1-92b2aba05b7c/iframe For the victims of some of the worst crimes and mass read more
14 December 2019
NPR: ALL THINGS CONSIDERED – HIS SON WAS KILLED AT SANDY HOOK. THEN CAME THE ONLINE HARASSMENT
Journalist: Michel Martin Source Link: NPR December 14, 2019 Transcript: MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: On this day seven years ago, a read more
16 October 2019
SANDY HOOK FATHER AWARDED $450,000 IN DEFAMATION SUIT AGAINST UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
Journalist: Louis Casiano Source Link: Fox News October 16, 2019 A Wisconsin jury has awarded the father of a boy killed read more
15 July 2019
A PUBLISHER APOLOGIZED FOR RUNNING A SANDY HOOK BOOK, THEN AUCTIONED OFF THE LAST COPIES
Journalist: Anna Merlan Source Link: Splinter News July 15, 2019 The publisher of a book claiming the Sandy Hook shootings read more
10 July 2019
A Grieving Sandy Hook Father on How to Fight Online Hoaxers
Journalist: Nick Thompson Source Link: Medium July 10, 2019 After the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 — read more
8 July 2019
First, they lost their children. Then the conspiracy theories started. Now, the parents of Newtown are fighting back.
Journalist: Susan Svrluga Source Link: Washington Post July 8, 2019 It was just weeks after 26 people were gunned down read more
18 June 2019
Sandy Hook Victim’s Father Wins Defamation Suit; Alex Jones Sanctioned
Journalist: Vanessa Romo Source Link: NPR June 18, 2019 Leonard Pozner, whose 6-year-old son was killed in the 2012 massacre at read more
9 May 2019
We’ve Come Together from Different Corners of the World To Say Enough is Enough
We’ve Come Together from Different Corners of the World To Say Enough is Enough People who have been harmed by read more
8 May 2019
‘Fake News Victims’ Meet With Twitter and Facebook
Journalist: Issie Lapowsky Source Link: Wired On paper, they would seem to have little in common. Tun Khin is a read more
8 May 2019
Fake News Victims Meet With Twitter and Facebook
15 April 2019
What’s New About Conspiracy Theories?
Journalist: Elizabeth Kolbert Source Link: New Yorker On the morning of December 4, 2016, Edgar Maddison Welch, a warehouse worker read more
29 March 2019
Father Threatens to Sue Google After Online Conspiracy Theorists Allege his Daughter’s Death was Faked
Journalist: Piya Chattopadhyay Source Link: CBC Radio March 29, 2019 Alison Parker, a 24-year-old news reporter in Virginia was shot and read more
29 March 2019
Alex Jones – Sandy Hook Deposition
We Got Alex Jones’ Deposition Video. It Was A Predictable Disaster For Him. Journalist: Sebastian Murdock Source Link: Huffington Post read more
29 March 2019
How Alex Jones and Infowars Helped a Florida Man Torment Sandy Hook Families
Journalist: Elizabeth Williamson Source Link: New York Times March 29, 2019 In the world of conspiracy theorists, Alex Jones and read more
28 March 2019
Silencing the Lies: Victims of Conspiracy Theory Speak
Silencing the Lies: Victims of Conspiracy Theory Speak After a tragedy like Sandy Hook, survivors and family members find themselves read more
17 March 2019
Beware the Jabberwock – Stories from the upside down world where conspiracy theorists dwell
15 March 2019
Beware the Jabberwock
Source Link: This American Life March 15, 2019 Transcript Note: This American Life is produced for the ear and designed read more
11 February 2019
The family that lost a son at Sandy Hook fights against vicious conspiracy theorists
Journalist: Cathryn J. Prince Source Link: Times of Israel February 11, 2019 Since a gunman took Noah Pozner’s life in read more
2 February 2019
Belgian Newspaper Discusses Conspiracy Theory with Pozner
Belgian Newspaper Discusses Conspiracy Theory with Lenny Pozner A father harassed by conspiracy theorists who don’t believe his son is read more
24 January 2019
Trapped in a Hoax: Survivors of Conspiracy Theories Speak Out
10 December 2018
Florida publisher of conspiracy books faces lawsuit over ‘Nobody Died at Sandy Hook.’
A Crestview man who publishes controversial books for the edification and entertainment of conspiracy theorists has been named in a read more
9 December 2018
Trolls force Sandy Hook father into hiding
Around Thanksgiving in 2012, Noah Pozner was happy with the toys he had received for his sixth birthday and had read more
4 December 2018
Father of Sandy Hook victim sues extremists on defamation charges
The father of a boy slain in the Sandy Hook shootings, who is suing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has taken read more
12 October 2018
Sandy Hook Dad Suing Alex Jones Says South Florida Cop Illegally Accessed His Personal Info
Leonard Pozner has lived through unimaginable pain. His son Noah was shot to death during the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary read more
31 August 2018
Sandy Hook families Alex Jones: Dv efamation case explained
31 August 2018
Alex Jones’ bid to throw out Sandy Hook defamation lawsuit denied
30 August 2018
Judge throws out Alex Jones attempt to dismiss lawsuit from Sandy Hook parents
A judge threw out an attempt by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by parents of a read more
13 August 2018
This Company Keeps Lies About Sandy Hook on the Web
8 August 2018
PBS Interviews Dean Lyrissa Lidsky on First Amendment & Censorship
7 August 2018
Sandy Hook Commission Settles On Design For Long-Awaited Memorial
3 August 2018
Grieving Sandy Hook Parents Say Conspiracy Theorist Tormented Them, Incited Harassment
3 August 2018
The Lasting Trauma of Alex Jones’s Lies
1 August 2018
Parents of Jewish Sandy Hook victim forced to move 7 times due to harassment
1 August 2018
‘Infowars’ host doesn’t attend hearing in Sandy Hook lawsuit
31 July 2018
Sandy Hook victim’s parents slam Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg in open letter
29 July 2018
Sandy Hook Parents Ask Facebook For Protection From Conspiracy Group Claims
27 July 2018
Why Facebook Pissed Off the Parents of Sandy Hook School Shooting Victims
27 July 2018
Sandy Hook Parents Decry Facebook’s Weak Moderation In Open Letter To Mark Zuckerberg
27 July 2018
Sandy Hook parents demand action from Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook hoaxers
26 July 2018
Parents of Sandy Hook Victim Write Open Letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
In an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg published Wednesday, the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim urged the Facebook CEO to remove harassment and conspiracy read more
26 July 2018
Sandy Hook parents blast Mark Zuckerberg in emotional open letter
26 July 2018
Sandy Hook parents slammed Facebook in an emotional open letter to Mark Zuckerberg
26 July 2018
Newtown parents urge Facebook to act against claims massacre never happened
26 July 2018
Newtown parents urge Facebook to act against hoax theorists
26 July 2018
Parents of Sandy Hook Victim Accuse Facebook of Providing ‘Safe Haven for Hate’
NEWTOWN – The parents of a boy slain in the Sandy Hook massacre say they are being traumatized all over read more
26 July 2018
Sandy Hook parents write open letter to Facebook demanding change
26 July 2018
Parents of Sandy Hook victim accuse Facebook of providing ‘safe haven for hate’
26 July 2018
Parents Of Sandy Hook Victim: Facebook Is An ‘Instrument To Disseminate Hate
The parents of Noah Pozner, one of the 20 children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting, penned read more
26 July 2018
Sandy Hook Victim’s Parents Write Blistering Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg
26 July 2018
Sandy Hook parents pen open letter to Mark Zuckerberg criticising Facebook policies
26 July 2018
Sandy Hook parents accuse Mark Zuckerberg of ‘providing a safe haven for hate’ on Facebook
25 July 2018
An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg: our child died at Sandy Hook – why let Facebook lies hurt us even more?
25 July 2018
Sandy Hook parents press Zuckerberg to address harassment, disinformation on Facebook
25 July 2018
Sandy Hook Family Releases Powerful Letter Blasting Mark Zuckerberg for Inaction Against Truthers
25 July 2018
‘Why hurt us more?’ Sandy Hook victim’s parents shame Facebook CEO for not booting Alex Jones
25 July 2018
Parents of Sandy Hook victim slam Mark Zuckerberg in open letter
25 July 2018
Parents of Sandy Hook Victim Pen Open Letter to Facebook: ‘We Are Currently Living in Hiding’
25 July 2018
Parents of Sandy Hook victims write open letter to Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook has failed to ‘protect us from harassment and threats’ (FB)
25 July 2018
Parents of Sandy Hook victims write open letter to Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook has failed to ‘protect us from harassment and threats’
25 July 2018
Sandy Hook Victim’s Parents Ask Mark Zuckerberg to Stop the ‘Proliferation of Hate’ on Facebook
25 July 2018
Parents of Sandy Hook Victim Slam Facebook
The parents of one of the 20 children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting want to know read more
6 May 2018
Re-Publica 18 -How To Fight Conspiracy Theories
12 April 2018
The Rise of the Crisis Actor Conspiracy Movement
14 March 2018
Sandy Hook Father Fights Conspiracy Theories That Emerge After Mass Shootings
16 December 2017
The Father taking on the Sandy Hook Trolls
14 December 2017
Sandy Hook Parent Lenny Pozner Is Fighting an ‘Emboldened’ Conspiracy Culture
13 December 2017
Truthers: When Conspiracy Meets Reality
12 December 2017
A Grieving Sandy Hook Father’s Five-Year Battle Against Mass-Shooting Hoaxers
Conspiracy theorists say the Newtown massacre was staged. Lenny Pozner has made it his life’s work to protect the honor read more
28 November 2017
US gun violence spawns a new epidemic: conspiracy theorists harassing victims
14 November 2017
How Jewish Family Of Sandy Hook Victim Was Driven Out Of Boca Raton
21 October 2017
Sandy Hook dad battles truthers nearly five years after Newtown massacre: ‘I’m not the type to turn a blind eye’
13 October 2017
M. G. Mancini Speaks with WATR Radio 10-13-2017
10 October 2017
The hoaxers harassing Las Vegas victims
The hoaxers harassing Las Vegas victims The news crews move on, but the impact of a mass shooting such as read more
10 October 2017
How to Stop the Spread of Fake News After National Tragedies
10 October 2017
The “Crisis Actor” Conspiracy – NBC
5 September 2017
The Sandy Hook Hoax
19 July 2017
The Sandy Hook Hoax
9 June 2017
Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist gets prison time for threatening victim’s family
For Leonard Pozner, who is devoted to combatting hoaxers, the sentencing is a ‘powerful outcome’ that he hopes will raise read more
8 June 2017
Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theorist Gets Prison Time for Threatening 6-Year-Old Victim’s Father
7 June 2017
What Drives Someone to Confront Grieving Families?
7 June 2017
Judge sentences Florida woman to prison for death threats against Sandy Hook father
A Tampa resident pled guilty today before United States District Judge James I. Cohn and was sentenced to prison for read more
13 May 2017
Sandy Hook father Lenny Pozner on death threats: ‘I never imagined I’d have to fight for my child’s legacy’
Noah Pozner was reluctant to go to school that day. A mischievous little boy, who had celebrated his sixth birthday read more
7 May 2017
The Sandy Hook Deniers
A paranoid conspiracy theory has acquired new and disturbing power in America, and it has been spread by an alternative read more
21 April 2017
Alex Jones Claims Sandy Hook Massacre a ‘HOAX’
16 April 2017
Sandy Hook to Trump: ‘Help us stop conspiracy theorists’
7 February 2017
Cruel Intentions: South Florida father fights conspiracy theories, threats tied to son’s death
3 February 2017
In an age of ‘alternative facts,’ a massacre of schoolchildren is called a hoax
BY BARBARA DEMICK FEB. 3, 2017 12 PM PT Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Reporting from Newtown, Conn. — If there is read more
3 February 2017
Father of Sandy Hook victim warns against conspiracy theories
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. CBC Radio·Posted: read more
23 December 2016
Sandy Hook Parent Hopes Arrest in Threat Case Stops Talk of ‘Hoax’
Six-year-old Noah Pozner was shot and killed on Dec. 14, 2012, one of 20 children and six adults murdered at read more
19 December 2016
Father of Sandy Hook victim speaks out against ‘hoaxers’
Lenny Pozner and his family moved from Connecticut to Florida after his 6 year-old son Noah was killed in the Sandy Hook read more
16 December 2016
Padre in lotta contro i negazionisti – Alla Sandy Hook morto il mio Noah
On the morning of December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza, 20, entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and, before committing read more
15 December 2016
Sandy Hook dad fights lies about murdered son
Here is the reality that Lenny Pozner faces every day: On a Friday morning four years ago, Lenny dropped off read more
12 December 2016
Sandy Hook Victim’s Father Speaks Out Against ‘Hoaxers’
Just one week before the fourth anniversary of the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, the father of one of read more
8 December 2016
Woman charged with threatening Sandy Hook victim’s family
A Florida woman has been charged with making death threats against the parent of a child who died in the Sandy Hook read more
7 December 2016
Sandy Hook Truther Arrested for Threatening to Kill Parent of Murdered Child
Lucy Richards made the threats in January this year because she thought the attack was a hoax, officials say. The read more
21 September 2016
German Press: Noah Is No Longer Alive
Süddeutsche Zeitung PDF
1 September 2016
Sandy Hook massacre victims’ parents harassed by ‘truthers’, told children never existed
Families of America’s gun massacre victims, including those from the Sandy Hook school shooting and the latest rampage in Orlando, read more
28 June 2016
Honouring Noah
Sandy Hook: Family of shooting victim reveals trauma of living with tragedy Correspondents Report / By former North American correspondent Lisa read more
26 April 2016
6 Horrifying Realities Of Dealing With Sandy Hook ‘Truthers’
How long do you think it takes conspiracy theorists to turn nasty after a national tragedy? A year? A month? read more
19 January 2016
Father of Child Killed at Sandy Hook Says FAU and BOCA Police Ignored JAMES TRACY’S Harassment
The Florida professor who became known for floating bogus theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre is fighting read more
13 January 2016
The father of a boy killed at Sandy Hook gets death threats; some people say the shooting was a hoax
By Susan Svrluga January 13, 2016 In December, parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the mass shooting at read more
6 January 2016
Florida Atlantic University Fired Its Sandy Hook–Truther Professor
Dr. James Tracy, a communications professor at Florida Atlantic University who believes the Sandy Hook massacre to be a hoax read more
6 January 2016
Florida Professor Who Cast Doubt on Mass Shootings Is Fired
MIAMI — A Florida Atlantic University professor who suggested in blog postings and radio interviews that the 2012 massacre of read more
2 January 2016
Fred Grimm: Florida’s unhinged ‘truthers’ exacerbate Newtown’s grief
BY FRED [email protected] Tony Mead feels victimized. “I’ve been attacked online. My business has been attacked. My ex-wife has been read more
22 December 2015
What Kind of Person Calls a Mass Shooting a Hoax?
A year and a half after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, Lenny Pozner called read more
18 December 2015
Professor Faces Firing Over Belief Sandy Hook Was a Hoax
BY DANIEL WHITE DECEMBER 18, 2015 8:27 AM EST A university in Florida made efforts Wednesday to fire a professor who upset many read more
10 December 2015
Sandy Hook Massacre 3rd Anniversary: Two parents target FAU conspiracy theorist
Sandy Hook Massacre 3rd Anniversary: Two parents target FAU conspiracy theorist By Lenny and Veronique Pozner8:15 pm, December 10, 2015 It’s read more
25 July 2014
Our Grief Denied: The Twisted Cruelty Of Sandy Hook Hoaxers
By LENNY POZNER | COMMENTARYHartford Courant • Jul 25, 2014, at 6:55 pm More than a year and a half after Adam read more
16 June 2014
Father of Little Boy Murdered at Sandy Hook Speaks
The loss of a child is a pain few parents can imagine. For those whose children were brutally murdered at read more
