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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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[–] airikr@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Co-founder. If you want to bring the facts, bring the correct facts!

[–] FoxAlive@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well I'm not going to stop using it until i've seen another VPN get raided and verified to not hand out my data.

Shit sucks but I'm not aware of any other VPN that doesn't have accounts, and let's you pay without a credit card.

[–] 48853367@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Private Alpes is a bulletproof hosting provider in Switzerland, where Mullvad has also rented its Swiss infrastructure.

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago

I've been too lazy to renew my Mullvad subscription, and now I have another reason not to

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago

Never had these issues with Njalla (run by Pirate Party affiliated people)

This is a recurring issue with Proton and Mullvad

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Av vänstern anklagas vi för att vara fascister och av högern anklagas vi för kommunism

Accused of being fascists from the political left and communist from the political right...not exactly a reassuring description IMO.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 87 points 1 week ago

Calling nonwhite migrants "parasites" is a pretty clear signal which end of the spectrum they're actually on.

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So nobody can agree if they're far-left or far-right, but everyone agrees they're far-authoritarian?

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[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Dang, Mullvad instantly loses its credibility of the go to lemmy shill VPN overnight.

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[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (13 children)

Wondering if it's time that we as a progressive left community, establish our own VPN...

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago

What do you consider to be "anti-authoritarian left?"

[–] Quistermark@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Nym existe i thing their founders are anarchist. But don't know if they are trust worthy. The people involve seam decent https://nym.com/about

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[–] Kenvexity@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Im sorry, but people here in the comments seem to be complaining to complain. If both Mullvad and Proton are known to fund/support fascist parties, then what do you suggest we leftists use? And dont just blindly recommend eastern spyware VPNs either. Maybe we just go back to distributing newspapers and using radio, just like our comrades back then did

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