The X account for internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom says he has suffered a “serious stroke.” 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.

  • @AngryCommieKenderEnglish
    18•1 month 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

    • @tekatoEnglish
      -4•1 month ago

      you are a corporatist that is just salty that your favorite MIC corporation got outed for breaking federal law

      Provides nothing to the discussion but an insane reach (I already said I agree with what Snowden did) and an insult.

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

      Here you are saying incorrect information again. I repeat, under the US law, leaking classified information to the public is not considered whistleblowing. Manning broke the law.

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

      I’m tired of all propaganda, including pro and anti-US propaganda. The US has enough issues as it is and there are enough reasons to condemn the current system. Making things up and defending criminal activities doesn’t help anybody.

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

      Trump did not publicly leak any classified documents, he simply took them with him. It’s still illegal and was prosecuted for it, but this is not comparable to Manning or Snowden. By the way, Biden did the same thing.