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Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand to US (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Kim Dotcom, who is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, is to be extradited to the US, the New Zealand justice minister has said.

German-born Dotcom has New Zealand residency and has been fighting extradition to the US since 2012 following an FBI-ordered raid on his Auckland mansion.

The justice minister, Paul Goldsmith, had signed an extradition order for Dotcom, a spokesperson said on Thursday.

“I considered all of the information carefully, and have decided that Mr Dotcom should be surrendered to the US to face trial,” Goldsmith said in a statement.

In a post on X on Tuesday, Dotcom said: “The obedient US colony in the South Pacific just decided to extradite me for what users uploaded to Megaupload,” in what appears to be a reference to the extradition order.

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[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This fucking guy is not a good poster child for wrongful persecution. Yes, the copyright stuff is complete bullshit. But the guy has been an asshole and a criminal for all his adult life. Let him go to jail, if a judge decides so.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sure, that's what the state wants us to think. Don't worry about the bullshit charges! He's a bad person! jfc.

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Bullshit. I've known of him for many years now, ever since he sold out his buddies to the police and worked for an infamous lawyer who sent out copyright infringement notes (!). He's an asshole, always has been.

[–] davehtaylor@beehaw.org 10 points 3 months ago

Anyone who holds up Kim Dotcom and/or Julian Assange as political prisoners or targets of wrongful prosecution and persecution is absolutely not someone who should be trusted for any kind of opinion