Mullvad on the Donation Controversy
2026-07-21 08:27 UTC
Replies (8)
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@JustJack23@slrpnk.net 2026-07-21 08:44
Wide tent party with Nazi is not a good idea
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@Turret3857@infosec.pub 2026-07-21 08:53
i will be switching to ivpn due to this statement just being the equivalent of a wet sponge
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@TheFermentalist@reddthat.com 2026-07-21 09:38
The paradox of tolerance
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@Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 2026-07-21 10:41
When doing such political campaigning we are careful in not taking political stances outside of our narrow areas of focus. Because we want to cooperate with everyone. Sounds like the Swiss in World War II.
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@rozodru@piefed.world 2026-07-21 11:03
I moved on from them a month ago when this shit came out. the choice of WHERE I moved to probably isn’t great either but as long as Proton doesn’t support Nazi’s then i’m fine with them.
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@atro_city@fedia.io 2026-07-21 11:39
Fuck Mullvad for the weak sauce response. They are in a tough spot due to the racist-supporting CEO, but the move should be kicking him out or splitting off to a new company instead of going "he doesn't represent us". He fucking does, that's why he's the goddamn CEO.
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@ProbablyUnwise@anarchist.nexus 2026-07-21 14:00
if you’re going to write a long non-apology, you should probably just not write anything at all
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@qynruidaetkuuproon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-07-22 12:51
I personally will continue to use Mullvad for the time being. What it represents as an institution and a force in the online privacy sphere outweighs one donation by an individual to a fringe political party. I do think the statement by Mullvad is fair. The company is 50% owned by Daniel Berntsson and Fredrik Strömberg. Strömberg has stated that he and others at Mullvad disagree and don’t like what Berntsson has done. But what he did he did as a private individual and not in as a representative of Mullvad (although being a co-owner that is a difficult circle to square). The Örebro Party’s take on “remigration” is wild. I really wished it was just a populist party that wanted stricter immigration controls but to quote Örebro Party co-founder Markus Allard “They will also be forced to leave, even if they are born in Sweden, because they have no natural connection to Sweden. They are not Swedish.” I can’t find any direct source if Daniel Berntsson explicitly agrees with this stance. It would be pretty shocking coming from a self professed “libertarian anarchist” … well not that shocking… It’s disappointing and hopefully the backlash will make Berntsson reconsider his position but I personally don’t feel as justified as some others here in throwing Mullvad under the bus.