He has been fighting deportation from New Zealand to the United States on charges relating to his file-sharing website Megaupload for 12 years.

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.

  • ouch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    28 days ago

    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.worldEnglish
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      28 days ago

      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
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        28 days ago

        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.worldEnglish
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          28 days ago

          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 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            1·
            27 days 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.todayEnglish
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            27 days ago

            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.