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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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[–] kepix@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

how trustworthy is this?

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Let me put it this way. I dont doubt he personally donated that money. They claim to get this from the partys own disclosures.

However. I've never heard of "Örebropartiet" i quickly read they're the biggest party outside of the parlamental parties, though that doesn't really say much in itself to be honest. And quite frankly, no one outside of Örebro gives a fuck about what's going on in Örebro. No offense.

Nor have I ever heard of this publication "Flamman", that also claims to be some old socialist newspaper. My point being. You'd struggle to find a more biased source of information on what they call a "far extreme right party"

Not to say what they claim is false. I'm just saying. I would cross referrence with other publications given their obvious bias

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[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 5 points 2 months ago (19 children)

You know who hasn't given money to far right extremists? Proton and it's founder.

I remember when people went ape shit because the CEO, Andy Yen, approved of one of Trump's pick for the antitrust division.

Then the antitrust pick happened to be good at her job, so Trump fired her and people realized Andy wasn't so wrong after all but still hated him.

Everytime I tried to defend Proton, I got downvoted and insulted over this. Got called a MAGAt and a neo nazi sympethizer. I was told to use Mullvad and that it was so much better and I wouldn't be encouraging some right wing sympathizer even though Andy Yen never took any political stance.

Well who's laughing now?

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[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Y'all assume privacy is some left-of-center thing?

You ever notice how the right always assumes privacy is only for pedos? That's what they use it for, they can't imagine any other use for it.

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[–] nkk@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

Right after I paid for another year.

[–] sickday@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Guess I'm going back to AzireVPN.

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[–] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

e che cazzo, i added 6 months not long ago. guess i'll try ivpn

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