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Mullvad founder donated 5 million SEK to populist Örebro party (www.flamman.se)
submitted 4 months ago by 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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[+] -10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Bruh Proton never gave money to fascist parties. In fact, if you look at their donations, they're all left wing.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    They may be talking about the CEO being on Trump’s dick, though that’s just a guess.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    https://medium.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-trump-a-deeper-analysis-and-surprising-findings-aed4fee4305e

    Yeah Andy Yen was specifically talking about Gail Slater's antitrust support while the democrats had ties to corporate lobbies and voted on the wrong side of things. He apologized for appearing to be republican.

    If you look at proton's finances they all donate towards left organizations, promoting freedom and privacy, even donating to a liberal news organization.

    I'm sick and tired of all these people bashing on proton because of one tweet that was taken out of context.

    Bash on Proton for not being open source enough but don't bash on them for this same tweet over and over again.

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