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

submitted 4 months 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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[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I use AirVPN, personally. They put money where the mouth is and haven't donated to any Nazis either.

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[–] TiredTiger@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They look good from an ethics standpoint, but it looks like the only anonymous payment method they take is monero. I'm considering them, but I'm not super familiar with crypto and how to obtain monero. Looks like I'll need to do some research.

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[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

isn't monero the only decent way to pay anonymously over the internet?

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[–] TiredTiger@lemmy.ml 1 point 4 months ago

Emphasis on "over the internet". Mullvad and others also accept cash via mail, though obviously that can take weeks depending on where you're mailing it from.

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