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

submitted 21 hours ago by HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works 47 points 16 hours ago

Is he trying to pull the ‘Mcafee heart attack’ to avoid extradition

[–] ouch@lemmy.world 163 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I would suffer a stroke and more, too, if my country wanted to deport my ass to a third world country like the USA.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 102 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

The legal process in USA is not trustworthy, it's been shown time and again that USA punish people with extreme sentences to make an example of them. USA even tried to kidnap Kim Dotcom bypassing normal New Zealand procedure.

I have no particular sympathies for Kim Dotcom, but the way USA behaves in cases of "national interest" is scary.
Never forget Aaron Swartz! Who was driven to suicide, for copying data he had legal access to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 48 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Another great example - Edward Snowden.

Does anyone really believe that the USA will ever...ever give him a fair trial for what he did? The guy was smart to flee the country. Ah yes, let's give a fair trial to a guy that just jerked the curtain back to prove that yes, Americans are being spied on by the government. That'll go nicely! /s

[+] tekato@lemmy.world -36 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

Do you think government employees should be able to break NDAs and publish state secrets without consequences? I support what Snowden did, but he is now a criminal and must be prosecuted as such.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 hours ago

According to the US, torture is legal when it's done by the US, which is a single example of how the federal US law does not reflect what is right, what is good, what is just.

[–] CityPop@lemmy.today 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Do you think government employees should be able to break NDAs and publish state secrets without consequences?

When it comes to government transparency? Yes, undoubtedly.

The criminals are those in government, but they own the system and will never go after themselves.

[–] tekato@lemmy.world -4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

When it comes to government transparency? Yes, undoubtedly.

Yes, that’s why there are avenues for whistleblowers. Publicly sharing classified information is not one of them.

The criminals are those in government, but they own the system and will never go after themselves.

What’s the point of this statement? So because we can’t prosecute some criminals we shouldn’t prosecute anybody?

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 58 minutes ago* (last edited 56 minutes ago)

avenues for whistleblowers.

He tried those first, and only after nothing happened doing that, did he go public.
To stay silent about illegal activities is actually complicity. So in principle it would also have been illegal to stay silent!

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

As a veteran, and former/ kinda current Captain, of the USN, yes. Provided that they fall under the protections for whistleblowers, which both Edward Snowden, and Chelsea Manning fell into rather neatly, according to US federal laws.

Illegal orders are illegal. Even the UCMJ agrees with that stance.

[+] tekato@lemmy.world -8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

As a veteran, and former Captain, of the USN, yes.

Yeah I’m sure you believe that. How many documents did you leak? You obviously didn’t use your security clearance to leak classified documents, which makes you a hypocrite. “Do as I say, not as I do”. Also, being a former captain doesn’t really make your opinion more valuable than anybody else’s.

Provided that they fall under the protections for whistleblowers, which both Edward Snowden, and Chelsea Manning fell into rather neatly, according to US federal laws.

Then you should know that publicly revealing classified information is not considered whistleblowing under the law. So I guess that changes your “Yes” to a “No”, since it was a “Yes” provided the statement that followed.

Illegal orders are illegal. Even the UCMJ agrees with that stance.

It looks like you’re not well informed on the subject. Snowden didn’t just say bad things were happening and that the US was spying on citizens (which would’ve still been illegal anyways). He stole 1.5 million classified documents, although he says that he hasn’t shared them.

The truth is that whether you like it or not, Snowden is a criminal who knew what he was doing.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I was a Navy Nuclear Power Program Electronics Technician Instructor. All the documents that I had access to were well known in the civilian zeitgeist before I was born.

Snowden may have done something illegal, though my interpretation of both the UCMJ and Federal Whistleblower laws, as well as my recollection of what he released, says that you are a corporatist that is just salty that your favorite MIC corporation got outed for breaking federal laws.

Manning didn't break the law and still served an illegal sentence, so I will give Snowden and Asange the benefit of the doubt.

I'm sick and tired of US propaganda, much less the international versions.

Trump stole far more classified documents and that is just fine according to the law

[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 15 points 8 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 -12 points 8 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 12 points 8 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.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 27 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Never forget Aaron Swartz

And judicial murderer Carmen Ortiz.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 54 minutes ago* (last edited 51 minutes ago)

Absolutely, why wasn't she ever prosecuted? Why is it legal for a prosecutor to threaten to ruin peoples lives and put them to jail indefinitely?
Basically all they had on him, was trespassing at the most!!

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 19 points 21 hours ago

Didn't he tried to fake his death once?