It looks like someone is ready for Hillary.
Internet entrepreneur and Megaupload creator Kim Dotcom announced on Twitter this week that he plans to bring his Internet Party — a political party he tried out in New Zealand — to the United States.
He dubbed himself and his party “Hillary’s worst nightmare in 2016.”
I’m not a pirate.
I’m not a fugitive.
I’m not a flight risk.
I’m your Internet Freedom fighter
AND
Hillary’s worst nightmare in 2016!
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) December 1, 2014
The Internet Party is coming to the United States in 2015. Stay tuned for our celebrity founders from the music, film and Internet industry.
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) December 2, 2014
The Internet Party US will be well funded and run by American citizens. I will help with Public Relations 😉
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) December 2, 2014
Of course, Dotcom is well known for his current battle with the U.S. government.
The Internet mogul is pushing back on attempts by U.S. authorities to extradite him from New Zealand on charges of copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering.
Dotcom’s Internet Party — which in New Zealand allied with another already existing party — won a mere 1.26 percent of the vote in the country’s election this past September, losing its only potential seat in Parliament.
The party bills itself as one that favors low-cost Internet access and open Internet policies and stands against mass surveillance.
Only time will tell if Dotcom will give Hillary a run for her money — or at least for her Internet policies.
H/T National Journal
