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Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has suffered a serious stroke, a post on his X account says (apnews.com)

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Kim Dotcom, the internet entrepreneur fighting deportation from New Zealand to the United States on charges relating to his file-sharing website Megaupload, has suffered a “serious stroke”, a post on his X account said Monday.

“I have the best health professionals helping me to make a recovery. I will be back as soon as I can. Please be patient and pray for my family and I,” the post said.

Dotcom’s lawyer, Ira Rothken, confirmed to The Associated Press that the contents of the statement were accurate. Rothken would not say whether Dotcom or someone else wrote the post and did not provide further details.

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[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 17 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The American People deserve the knowledge of what their government is doing. For too long has the government operate in crooked practices that only have made the people grow contempt and distrustful towards.

If the government is going to take, give back, take again and give back our rights while allowing itself to be influenced by corporate interests. It's fair game.

[+] tekato@lemmy.world -15 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The American People deserve the knowledge of what their government is doing. For too long has the government operate in crooked practices that only have made the people grow contempt and distrustful towards.

That is true, but unfortunately that’s not the law. It’s like smoking marihuana when it was illegal. Everyone knew it was harmless, but the law said to not smoke it so you shouldn’t. If you allow Snowden to break his confidentiality without consequences, you’re giving green light to everyone who wants to give classified information to foreign nations.

If the government is going to take, give back, take again and give back our rights while allowing itself to be influenced by corporate interests. It's fair game.

But it’s not fair game. The fact that it’s the right thing to do is not related to the fact that it’s illegal. You can say that Snowden did the right thing and that he’s a criminal that deserves prosecution. Both of those things can be true at the same time, and they are.

If you want to look for unjust prosecution, you look at Julian Assange’s case, not Snowden.

[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 14 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I'd like for you to try and justify all of the times that the U.S Government has broken the law. Laws that they've made and international law, unapologetically. Also, you're making some very weak comparisons. Snowden isn't like Trump.