American parody news website has successfully purchased conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s brand and website in a bankruptcy auction, according to court documents filed on Thursday. Jones protection in 2022 after courts ordered him to pay $1.5 billion for defaming the families of 20 students and six staff members killed in the at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Jones, unable to pay those legal judgments, was forced to auction his assets, including , in bankruptcy. “ is proud to acquire Infowars, and we look forward to continuing its storied tradition of scaring the site’s users with lies until they fork over their cold, hard cash,” US broadcaster reports quoting CEO Ben Collins. “Or Bitcoin. We will also accept Bitcoin.” According to American magazine , it remains unclear how much paid to acquire the platform. However, the satirical site stated on Thursday that its “goal with the acquisition is to end ’ relentless barrage of disinformation for the sake of selling supplements and replace it with relentless barrage of humour for good.” “They’re shutting us down,” Jones said in a video on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter. “I’m going to be here until they come in here and turn the lights off.” reports that Jones decried the sale in his video, deeming it unconstitutional and encouraging fans to follow him on new social media handles. The Connecticut families of eight victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting backed bid, saying it would put “an end to the misinformation machine” that Jones operated. will acquire intellectual property, including its website, customer lists and inventory, certain social media accounts and the Jones’ production equipment, the families said in a statement. According to , everything from microphones to email lists was up for auction to help pay off the dues Jones owes to the Sandy Hook families, after being found guilty of defamation for calling the massacre a “hoax”. Jones’ allies had also placed bids, with one source telling that one of those bids was in the “seven figures” range. Jones had said on his show that “good guys” had been trying to bid on Infowars to keep him in place, but that even if they fail, he’ll keep broadcasting on new platforms and new social media accounts.