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

submitted 1 week 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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[–] novafunc@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Proton did not claim anything; the CEO of Proton claimed that Republicans (not Trump) would do better on big tech anti-trust.

This view is not that crazy given that the person Trump appointed was doing her job quite well. Too well to the point that Trump removed her from the position later on.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Bullshit, Trump is the most big tech and corrupt claimant to Usonian president since a hefty while.

And Trump IS what the RINOs are nowadays, those that the pro-fascist CEO praised. Republicans are those like Bill Weld and Charlie Baker from Massachusetts.