[I_Am_Nous]

>In August, a London jury found that Kurtaj carried out cyberattacks against GTA VI developer Rockstar Games and other companies, including Uber and Nvidia. However, since Kurtaj has autism and was deemed unfit to stand trial, the jury was asked to determine whether he committed the acts in question, not whether he did so with criminal intent.

He's highly autistic and currently doesn't seem to understand (or care, also a possibility) that committing cybercrimes are something you shouldn't do. The metric for keeping him in the secure hospital is based on him wanting to return to committing cybercrimes.

[BillyTheMage]

As an autistic person, this is fucking terrifying. Someday I might have something to say and people are going to say "oh poor thing, he doesn't understand" and my life is going to disappear. Fascist bullshit.

Reminds me of 300 Million Random Assholes Voting on How You Die[1]

- [1]: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/r-foxtale-300-millio...

[erickj]

"During Thursday’s hearing, the court heard Kurtaj “had been violent while in custody with dozens of reports of injury or property damage,” "

This is why he was committed, not because he hacked Rockstar. Lesson 1, don't commit ransom; lesson 2, failing lesson 1, don't get caught; lesson 3; failing lesson 2, don't commit dozens of violent acts while in custody

[I_Am_Nous]

I believe I understand what you mean -- many autistic folks I know have a very specific sense of right and wrong and if something is wrong, it's wrong. If something needs addressed, it needs addressed.

And if the "wrong" thing is wrong in a fascist country it's a danger that you would not be able to stop yourself from speaking out about it or worse, not know it "wasn't OK to talk about" while all the neurotypicals did because of some unspoken body language code you also struggle to accurately read.

So you speak out and the secret police take you away because of what you said. Is this a fair representation of what you were meaning?

[BillyTheMage]

Yes that's exactly what I'm afraid of

[mrd3v0]

Fascist country neurodivergent resident: what OP said about neurotypical oppression absolutely happens and on a wide scale.

[AnimalMuppet]

What he did was illegal. Not just non-neurotypical.

You saying something isn't illegal. You're not going to be put in prison (or a hospital) for life for saying something.

I see in your other post that you think hacking businesses may be completely justified. That's fine; you can think that. But you understand that there are laws against it, right? And you can expect the laws to be enforced, whether or not you personally think the laws are justified (or even right)?

You may think in terms of civil disobedience. That's your choice if you want to go that way. But that's your deliberate choice, not just some random thing you do ruining your life.

[vibrio]

Yes, illegal, but so is parking in a no stopping zone. Not making excuses for him, but I have a strong reaction to the phrase “sentenced to life” seems like the dead end of a life. Because a video got leaked. Rehab isn’t an option? I'm not a cybersecurity guy (“non-computational life sciences” guy) but seems kid the kid is pretty talented at something.

[happymellon]

> Because a video got leaked.

You should read the article, the video leak has absolutely no bearing on the sentencing. He was part of a hacking group that ransomed the major telcos, and when arrested was violent.

He is currently being held for his and other people's safety, the sentence for life is "until doctors feel he is no longer a violent risk to the public".

[BillyTheMage]

Was it violent, or did he have a normal autistic reaction to the shitty things police do when they're on a mission?

Every autistic interaction I've ever seen with police has ended up with the police making some obvious mistake that made it impossible for the autistic person to react "properly". They always say confusing things, and they bark their orders over and over really fast so you can't think straight and thus can't follow their orders fast enough. You make one "wrong" step and they think it's okay to start touching you, something that makes many autistic folks involuntarily react in ways that can seem violent but often aren't violent at all.

[happymellon]

You seem American.

Here in the UK we take this seriously. Yes, police are actually trained.

[jamespo]

He's done a lot more than leak a video, perhaps you have a better idea on how he can receive treatment?

[bithive123]

I'm not sure how you go from being autistic and having something to say to being disappeared by fascists. Unless the thing you might want to say is "I intend to continue committing crimes"

[Lammy]

Why should I care about the made-up damage claims of a corporate conglomerate that will go on to make billions off GTAⅥ either way?

[catchnear4321]

it proves the fire tv stick has some use.