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 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on …

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 ended the lives of twenty-six and 7-year-old children and six …

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 still believe the death of 6-year-old Noah was a lie, despite …

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 Parents Have Been On A Mission To Defend The Truth …

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 Swisher revisits one that is almost a decade old: that …

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 on the Internet tells about its fight to cleanse its reputation. "Scammer", "pedophile", …

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 his policy team leader. Journalists: Ryan Mac and Craig Silverman Source Link: …

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 the “public execution” of Democratic leaders this month, students of American conspiracy theory …

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 out on Monday after the highest court in Texas rejected appeals by extremist …

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.  Pozner's 6-year-old son, Noah, was one of 26 people killed in …

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 post on their sites. But what happens when users post illegal, …

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 killed in the Sandy Hook massacre speaks about the toll it has taken …

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 started blowing up. Shot point blank in the arm with an AR-15, he was the …

DOCUMENTARY – FRONTLINE: UNITED STATES OF CONSPIRACY

July 28, 2020 Frontline examines Alex Jones and his conspiracy theories. Source Link: Frontline PBS https://youtu.be/AVjL5rUx3TM THIS SANDY HOOK FATHER LIVES IN HIDING BECAUSE OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES FUELED BY ALEX JONES Source Link: Frontline PBS July …

Judgment against James H Fetzer Increased to $1.1M

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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 victims in Newtown, Conn., of constructing an elaborate hoax, was charged with the …

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 shootings in the country, the pain doesn’t stop after the case is closed.  Conspiracy theories, …

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 gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Twenty children, along with …

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 in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting $450,000 following a defamation lawsuit against …

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 were a hoax apologized to Lenny Pozner, the father of one of the …

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 — which killed 26 people, 20 of them children — it surely seemed that …

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 at Sandy Hook Elementary School when Lenny Pozner first saw people speculating online …

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 Sandy Hook Elementary School, has been battling against conspiracy theorists for years, and …

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

‘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 human rights activist who advocates for the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in his …

Fake News Victims Meet With Twitter and Facebook

What’s New About Conspiracy Theories?

Journalist: Elizabeth Kolbert Source Link: New Yorker Illustration by Zohar Lazar On the morning of December 4, 2016, Edgar Maddison Welch, a warehouse worker and a father of two from Salisbury, North Carolina, …

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 killed while conducting a live television interview in August of 2015. The camera operator was …

Alex Jones – Sandy Hook Deposition

https://youtu.be/I7siWJ86g40 https://youtu.be/XES-AydpIoc We Got Alex Jones’ Deposition Video. It Was A Predictable Disaster For Him. Journalist: Sebastian Murdock Source Link: Huffington Post March 29, 2019 Infowars host Alex Jones was questioned earlier this month for three …

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 Wolfgang Halbig fueled each other’s darkest tendencies. Soon after the Dec. 14, 2012, mass …

Silencing the Lies: Victims of Conspiracy Theory Speak

Silencing the Lies: Victims of Conspiracy Theory Speak

Beware the Jabberwock – Stories from the upside down world where conspiracy theorists dwell

Beware the Jabberwock

Source Link: This American Life March 15, 2019 Transcript Note: This American Life is produced for the ear and designed to be heard. If you are able, we strongly encourage you to listen …

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 the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, his father Lenny has lived a life …

Belgian Newspaper Discusses Conspiracy Theory with Pozner

Belgian Newspaper Discusses Conspiracy Theory with Pozner

Trapped in a Hoax: Survivors of Conspiracy Theories Speak Out

Florida publisher of conspiracy books faces lawsuit over ‘Nobody Died at Sandy Hook’

Trolls force Sandy Hook father into hiding

Father of Sandy Hook victim sues extremists on defamation charges

Sandy Hook Dad Suing Alex Jones Says South Florida Cop Illegally Accessed His Personal Info

Sandy Hook families Alex Jones: Dv efamation case explained

Alex Jones’ bid to throw out Sandy Hook defamation lawsuit denied

Judge throws out Alex Jones attempt to dismiss lawsuit from Sandy Hook parents

This Company Keeps Lies About Sandy Hook on the Web

PBS Interviews Dean Lyrissa Lidsky on First Amendment & Censorship

Sandy Hook Commission Settles On Design For Long-Awaited Memorial

Grieving Sandy Hook Parents Say Conspiracy Theorist Tormented Them, Incited Harassment

The Lasting Trauma of Alex Jones’s Lies

Parents of Jewish Sandy Hook victim forced to move 7 times due to harassment

‘Infowars’ host doesn’t attend hearing in Sandy Hook lawsuit

Sandy Hook victim’s parents slam Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg in open letter

Sandy Hook Parents Ask Facebook For Protection From Conspiracy Group Claims

Why Facebook Pissed Off the Parents of Sandy Hook School Shooting Victims

Sandy Hook Parents Decry Facebook’s Weak Moderation In Open Letter To Mark Zuckerberg

Sandy Hook parents demand action from Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook hoaxers

Parents of Sandy Hook Victim Writes Open Letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Sandy Hook parents blast Mark Zuckerberg in emotional open letter

Sandy Hook parents slammed Facebook in an emotional open letter to Mark Zuckerberg

Newtown parents urge Facebook to act against claims massacre never happened

Newtown parents urge Facebook to act against hoax theorists

Parents of Sandy Hook Victim Accuse Facebook of Providing ‘Safe Haven for Hate’

Sandy Hook parents write open letter to Facebook demanding change

Parents of Sandy Hook victim accuse Facebook of providing ‘safe haven for hate’

Parents Of Sandy Hook Victim: Facebook Is An ‘Instrument To Disseminate Hate

Sandy Hook Victim’s Parents Write Blistering Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg

Sandy Hook parents pen open letter to Mark Zuckerberg criticising Facebook policies

Sandy Hook parents accuse Mark Zuckerberg of ‘providing a safe haven for hate’ on Facebook

An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg: our child died at Sandy Hook – why let Facebook lies hurt us even more?

Sandy Hook parents press Zuckerberg to address harassment, disinformation on Facebook

Sandy Hook Family Releases Powerful Letter Blasting Mark Zuckerberg for Inaction Against Truthers

‘Why hurt us more?’ Sandy Hook victim’s parents shame Facebook CEO for not booting Alex Jones

Parents of Sandy Hook victim slam Mark Zuckerberg in open letter

Parents of Sandy Hook Victim Pen Open Letter to Facebook: ‘We Are Currently Living in Hiding’

Parents of Sandy Hook victims write open letter to Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook has failed to ‘protect us from harassment and threats’ (FB)

Parents of Sandy Hook victims write open letter to Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook has failed to ‘protect us from harassment and threats’

Sandy Hook Victim’s Parents Ask Mark Zuckerberg to Stop the ‘Proliferation of Hate’ on Facebook

Parents of Sandy Hook Victim Slams Facebook

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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 of his murdered son. By Mike Spies Dec 12, 2017 Our profile of Lenny …

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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 the one in Las Vegas can last a lifetime for the …

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The Sandy Hook Hoax

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 awareness of serious harm they cause A Florida woman who believed …

Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theorist Gets Prison Time for Threatening 6-Year-Old Victim’s Father

What Drives Someone to Confront Grieving Families?

Judge sentences Florida woman to prison for death threats against Sandy Hook father

Sandy Hook father Lenny Pozner on death threats: ‘I never imagined I’d have to fight for my child’s legacy’

The Sandy Hook Deniers

A paranoid conspiracy theory has acquired new and disturbing power in America, and it has been spread by an alternative media outfit that has been linked to President Trump. Twenty-six people, …

Alex Jones Claims Sandy Hook Massacre a ‘HOAX’

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Cruel Intentions: South Florida father fights conspiracy theories, threats tied to son’s death

In an age of ‘alternative facts,’ a massacre of schoolchildren is called a hoax

BY BARBARA DEMICKFEB. 3, 2017 12 PM PTFacebookTwitterShow more sharing optionsReporting from Newtown, Conn. —  If there is anything worse than losing a child, it is losing a child and having people taunt you …

Father of Sandy Hook victim warns against conspiracy theories

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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 Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.Those are the facts.But …

Father of Sandy Hook victim speaks out against ‘hoaxers’

Padre in lotta contro i negazionisti «Alla Sandy Hook morto il mio Noah»

Sandy Hook dad fights lies about murdered son

Sandy Hook Victim’s Father Speaks Out Against ‘Hoaxers’

Woman charged with threatening Sandy Hook victim’s family

Sandy Hook Truther Arrested for Threatening to Kill Parent of Murdered Child

German Press: Noah Is No Longer Alive

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Sandy Hook massacre victims’ parents harassed by ‘truthers’, told children never existed

Honouring Noah

Sandy Hook: Family of shooting victim reveals trauma of living with tragedyCorrespondents Report / By former North American correspondent Lisa MillarPosted Fri 1 Jul 2016 at 9:24pmFriday 1 Jul 2016 at 9:24 …

6 Horrifying Realities Of Dealing With Sandy Hook ‘Truthers’

Father of Child Killed at Sandy Hook Says FAU and BOCA Police Ignored JAMES TRACY’S Harassment

The father of a boy killed at Sandy Hook gets death threats; some people say the shooting was a hoax

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 propagated by the federal government, was fired from his teaching …

Florida Professor Who Cast Doubt on Mass Shootings Is Fired

Fred Grimm: Florida’s unhinged ‘truthers’ exacerbate Newtown’s grief

BY FRED GRIMM [email protected] Tony Mead feels victimized. “I’ve been attacked online. My business has been attacked. My ex-wife has been contacted. Google my name, you’ll see blogs attacking me as a …

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 to set up a meeting with Wolfgang Halbig. The 68-year-old …

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 by calling the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School a hoax. Florida …

Sandy Hook Massacre 3rd Anniversary: Two parents target FAU conspiracy theorist

Sandy Hook Massacre 3rd Anniversary: Two parents target FAU conspiracy theoristBy Lenny and Veronique Pozner8:15 pm, December 10, 2015 It’s been three years since we last embraced our precious little boy, …

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 Lanza brutally murdered 26 women and children at the Sandy Hook …

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 the Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHES) on December 14, 2012, …