US far-right conspiracy theorist website Infowars has been bought by a satirical news publication The onionThis is evident from court documents filed on Thursday.

The onion won the bid for the fake news platform at a bankruptcy auction with support from the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, who reportedly gave up some of the $1 billion owed to them in compensation by Infowars founder and host Alex Jones after calling the massacre is a hoax.

The defamation lawsuit brought by the Sandy Hook families led Jones to file for bankruptcy in 2022 and auction off his assets, including the Infowars website, social media accounts, video archive, trademarks and recording studio in Austin, Texas.

The sales price was not immediately made public.

Infowars: from lies to satire

“The dissolution of Alex Jones’ assets and the death of Infowars is the justice we have long waited for and fought for,” Robbie Parker, whose daughter Emilie was killed in the 2012 Connecticut shooting, said in a statement of his lawyers.

The oniona popular satirical online newspaper that publishes patently absurd stories in a style that makes them seem believable, said it aimed to replace “Infowars’ relentless barrage of disinformation” with its own “relentless barrage of humor.”

“The onion is proud to acquire Infowars, and we look forward to continuing the storied tradition of scaring the site’s users with lies until they demand their cold, hard cash,” said CEO Ben Collins. “Or Bitcoin. We will also accept Bitcoin.”

In his famous style, The onion published a story claiming to be written by Bryce P. Tetraeder, CEO of Global Tetrahedron, explaining why he bought Infowars.

“They are a true unicorn, able to simultaneously galvanize public support for billionaires and outrage over an inept federal state that can kill JFK but can’t even put a man on the moon,” the fictional CEO wrote.

Alex Jones’ Infowars website was shut down mid-broadcast

Jones himself confirmed the acquisition of Infowars The onion Thursday morning and said he planned to take legal action to stop it.

In a video on

Appearing panicked and angry, he then proceeded to broadcast live on the Infowars homepage with fellow conspirator and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon until the domain was abruptly shut down.

The broadcast continued on X, where it was watched live by an audience of more than 700,000 people.

The onion reportedly wants to transition the Infowars website to its own content by January 2025 and announced that gun violence prevention organization “Everytown for Gun Safety” would be the “exclusive launch advertiser.”

“Everytown will continue to raise awareness on Infowars channels about gun violence prevention and showcase real solutions to our country’s gun violence crisis, including bipartisan, common-sense measures and public safety initiatives, supported by Everytown ” the report said in a statement.

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