Lawyer for Sandy Hook Families Slams Video Streaming Company

NEWTOWN - The lawyer representing some Sandy Hook families in their defamation suit against radio host and internet personality Alex Jones is criticizing a streaming media platform for carrying his Infowars show.

Roku has begun distributing the program to its 23.8 million active accounts, after Twitter, Apple Facebook and other media companies restricted its distribution. That decision is being called "an insult to the memory of the 26 children and educators killed at Sandy Hook" in a statement released by Bridgeport attorney Josh Koskoff.

The device maker and content curator defended its move in a statement of it own:

“We do not curate or censor based on viewpoint,” company spokesman Eric Savitz said, noting that “while the vast majority of all streaming on our platform is mainstream entertainment, voices on all sides of an issue or cause are free to operate a channel.

“While open to many voices, we have policies that prohibit the publication of content that is unlawful, incites illegal activities or violates third-party rights, among other things.”

Jones suffered a setback last week in his legal battle against the Sandy Hook parents when a judge ruled that the families were allowed to review financial records and other documents as part of the discovery process in an ongoing lawsuit against the controversial host.

According to entertainment industry bible Variety, the website Digiday was the first to publish the news that Infowars was being distributed by Roku.

Variety also provides the context that Roku is not the only company still carrying an Infowars app or channel. Google continues to offer an Infowars app on Google Play, and that app has been downloaded more than 100,000 times.