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New Zealand to Extradite Kim Dotcom to US

Published AUG 16 2024

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Above: Kim Dotcom. Image credit: Dave Rowland/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Spin

That New Zealand finally approved the US extradition request for Dotcom is a victory for justice and underlines the independence of the country's legal system. The flamboyant internet fraudster was the architect of a hugevast criminal enterprise, as also indicated by the earlier guilty pleas of two of his associates. With the New Zealand Ministry of Justice's decision, the largest copyright trial in US history is now set for a happy ending, and the case proves that there is no hiding from the long arm of US jurisdiction.

ABC News

The witch hunt against DotocmDotcom proves that he is right in calling New Zealand a US colony. Similar to the Assange case, the US is trying to punish 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 never set foot in and where he cannotcan't expect a fair trial. The entire case is politically motivated, marking the latest example of the US justice system's bankruptcy.

Metaculus Prediction

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