New Zealand to Extradite Kim Dotcom to US
New Zealand to Extradite Kim Dotcom to US
The Facts
Kim Dotcom, the founder of the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, will be extradited to the US from New Zealand to face online piracy charges, a spokesperson for the South Pacific country’s justice minister, Paul Goldsmith, announced Thursday.
The German-born entrepreneur with New Zealand residency has been fighting extradition to the US since 2012 on criminal charges relating to the former file-sharing website after the FBI requested a raid on his home in Auckland.The German-born entrepreneur with New Zealand residency has been fighting extradition to the US since 2012 on criminal charges relating to the former file-sharing website after the FBI requested a raid on Auckland mansion.
The Spin
ThereThe witch hunt against Dotocm proves that he is anright 80%in chancecalling New Zealand a US colony. Similar to the Assange case, thatthe FreedomUS Houseis willtrying reportto thatpunish the internet mogul for standing up for freedom of expression and using his popularity to criticize the corrupt and hypocritical US empire openly. Now the entrepreneur is facing extradition to a country he has declinednever everyset yearfoot untilin 2025and where he cannot expect a fair trial. The entire case is politically motivated, accordingmarking tothe latest example of the MetaculusUS predictionjustice communitysystem's bankruptcy.
