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

submitted 2 months 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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[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Thanks guys for posting this and for suggesting alternatives. I'll look into airvpn I guess. Fuck anyone who wants to make society worse by giving into their worst character traits and base instincts.

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What the fuck did I just see?? Mullvad after Proton.. So sad.. :(

[–] sureshot0@discuss.online 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 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 12 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Proton's founder has praised Trump's administration.

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[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Mullvad was dead to me when they pussied out and took away port forwarding. That's how I knew they were compromised

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The wiki for the Örebro Party actually describes it as not identifiable as left or right and the founder was actually far left. It also advocates for things like free dental care and anti-corruption. So things aren't as simple as purely anti-immigration which is very populist in Sweden.

The initiative to found the Örebro Party was taken in early 2014 by Markus Allard, who is also the first party leader. Allard had previously held positions as substitute member of the Örebro municipal council and district chairman of the Young Left in Örebro; in December 2013 he was expelled from the Left Party and its youth wing Young Left for "liking" the Revolutionary Front, a militant revolutionary socialist and anti-fascist organization, on Facebook and refusing to disavow it when questioned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96rebro_Party

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[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Örebropartiet is a conservative left party. Think China, rather than say AfD in germany. Flamman is also a shit show. The owners pretend to be left, but they gladly embezzle money from Malmö city.

https://www.sydsvenskan.se/malmo/sydsvenskan-avslojar-flamman-lever-pa-bidrag-cheferna-tjanar-miljonbelopp/

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 months ago

God. Fucking. Dammit.

[–] godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago

The only option now is to oust the founder entirely.

[–] yamper@piefed.social 11 points 2 months ago

as soon as i started to see billboards and bus adverts i had a feeling mullvad wasnt what i thought it was. sad, i was hoping i was wrong.

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