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The Mullvad founder gave millions to extremist far right party (mastodon.social)

submitted 1 day ago by e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.world

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The IT company Mullvad’s founder Daniel Berntsson is behind a giant donation to the populist Örebro Party, which advocates “comprehensive re-immigration” from Sweden. “It’s sad that it’s needed,” he told Flamman.

~ https://www.flamman.se/techprofil-ger-miljoner-till-orebropartiet/

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[–] sureshot0@discuss.online 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

Proton didn't actually do anything like this, they agreed to an affiliate partnership with a youtuber without knowing the political context of his French-language videos, and then ended the partnership when they got complaints. I don't think that's the same.

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Proton's founder has praised Trump's administration.

[–] NotSafeForWorld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

I'm happy to be corrected, but I thought they praised a specific decision by the Trump admin to appoint someone they think is the right person for the job (or at least someone who aligned with their interest of net privacy)? I know the current US admin sucks, but if the broken clock is right for a minute, then acknowledging it is ok, right?

[–] sureshot0@discuss.online 2 points 22 minutes ago* (last edited 22 minutes ago)

Wait... WAS that Tim Cook?

Checking...

[–] sureshot0@discuss.online 1 points 16 minutes ago

Yes he praised the Republicans generally, and again I think this is due to a language barrier, but that's suspicious you're right.

Tim Cook is the one who praised Trump directly, which is even stupider since English is his native language and he was born here. And because he's allegedly gay.

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 3 points 50 minutes ago* (last edited 50 minutes ago)

No, it was not just that--the Republican Party as a whole:

Proton CEO Andy Yen praised the Republican Party in a post on X, declaring that “10 years ago, Republicans were the party of big business and Dems stood for the little guys, but today the tables have completely turned.” When the tweet went viral, Proton’s official Reddit account posted a now-deleted comment stating that “Until corporate Dems are thrown out, the reality is that Republicans remain more likely to tackle Big Tech abuses.”

Not only is it flat out wrong but it is also laughably so.

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

That's the second time proton messed up, the first time was unclear position from the CEO about trump and far right