Infowars Site Goes Offline Amid The Onion’s Legal Battle to Secure Control of Right-Wing Outlet

By Todd Spangler

Todd Spangler

NY Digital Editor

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Early Friday morning, Infowars.com winked offline — displaying a blank page with the words “Off Air.”

The shutdown of Alex Jones‘ far-right conspiracy website comes as satire publisher The Onion is trying to complete its takeover of Infowars.com and turn it into a parody of itself. On Thursday, a Texas appeals court halted the ability of the court-appointed administrator in Infowars bankruptcy case to grant The Onion access to Infowars.com and its name, sending the matter back down to a lower court for further review.

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