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Proton Mail says it’s “politically neutral” while praising Republican Party (theintercept.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24846782

Summary

Proton Mail, known for its privacy-first email services, faced backlash after CEO Andy Yen praised the Republican Party and its antitrust stance.

The company initially posted and deleted a statement supporting Yen’s comments, later claiming an “internal miscommunication” and reiterating its political neutrality.

Critics question Proton’s impartiality, particularly as it cooperates with Swiss authorities on legal data requests.

Privacy advocates warn that political alignments could undermine trust, especially for Proton’s users—journalists and activists wary of government surveillance under administrations like Trump’s.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

A complete nothing burger. Also, if the trust depends on what the CEO says on Twitter, you are doing it wrong. Trust comes from technical controls, legally binding documents, jurisdiction, organizational structure. All these things are totally fine with Proton.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

It has since been deleted, but it was touted as an "official response" from the company. So it wasn't just some shitpost by the CEO

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 weeks ago

I know, I read about this whole thing ad nauseam

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It still makes one think: why he would do that and what is his agenda?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago

And my answer is: he expressed his opinion, with which I disagree, like he did in many other occasions.

Since he ceded control of his company to a nonprofit, I don't care about his opinion. I also don't think that if he didn't express his opinion would have changed anything, because he would still think the same.