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.

  • tekato@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    6 hours ago

    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.worldEnglish
      2·
      58 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!