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Mullvad founder donated 5 million SEK to populist Örebro party (www.flamman.se)

submitted 1 day ago by zaylon@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Daniel Berntsson, founder of Mullvad, gave a personal donation of 5 million SEK (roughly 450,000€) in 2025 to Örebropartiet. This enormous donation accounted for 72% of the party’s revenue in 2025.

How does this affect Mullvad’s legitimacy as a company advocating for a free and open internet, while also funding a political party whose agenda seem to contradict these values? The official party website (in Swedish) can be found via the link below.

https://orebropartiet.se/om-oss/

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[–] TiredTiger@lemmy.ml 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Seems like they have far fewer servers than Mullvad does, but at least they state who they're hosted with and it looks like they do have a multi-hop setup like Mullvad does. They undergo annual audits so I'm not seeing any major security red flags. I frankly would have stuck with Mullvad had they not pulled this shit, but I won't be made a hypocrite over this.

[–] whatiswrongwithyou@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago

If you get spooked, don’t worry about being made a hypocrite. Your security is worth more than your moral purity.