Post #617463

2026-03-10 18:01 UTC

Mass surveillance and censorship are escalating in many countries right now. There is a global attack on secure encrypted communication. Often, authorities, politicians, and tech companies work together to push for new laws. One example: when Ashton Kutcher (yes, the actor), through his tech company Thorn, tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens through undemocratic and corrupt methods.

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@mullvadnet@mastodon.online 2026-03-10 18:01

First, Ashton Kutcher convinced the EU Commission that they could scan everything on an EU citizen’s phone or computer (messages, photos, emails, phone calls, all of it) for child sexual abuse material without, at the same time, looking at the content of other types of communication. And then?

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@sihaha@norden.social 2026-03-10 19:24

@mullvadnet Tack så mycket! Hälsningar från Tyskland.

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@maltita@neopaquita.es 2026-03-10 20:34

@mullvadnet I did not saw that coming

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@BibSleigh@mastodon.social 2026-03-10 21:00

@mullvadnet Ashton Kutcher wrote character reference letters in support of his former co-star Danny Masterson, who was convicted of rape. That is the measure of the man running Thorn.

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@BeTongLen@indieweb.social 2026-03-10 21:08

@mullvadnet thank you for sharing wow i will utilize your 'and then?' approach

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@Cosipa@social.linux.pizza 2026-03-10 23:12

@mullvadnet Great writeup, raising awareness on this is very important. Mullvad reporting thoroughly on this topic, I appreciate it.

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@Viss@mastodon.social 2026-03-11 02:54

@mullvadnet hell of a butterfly effect

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@admin@mastodon.adtension.com 2026-03-15 09:51

@mullvadnet

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@saltywizard@beige.party 2026-03-15 09:56

@mullvadnet it's pretty clear we're being punk'd

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@dnub@mastodon.social 2026-03-17 18:40

@mullvadnet Ashton Kutcher, the actor who ask for leniency of his rapist friend danny masterson? the Ashton Kutcher who is married to Mila Kunis, which also asked for leniency of rapist danny masterson? F all those people and the politicians who meet with them

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@dasboe@mastodon.social 2026-03-19 04:59

@mullvadnet am I the only one missing the "and then and then and then" at the end? :)

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@Nina_cried@mastodonapp.uk 2026-04-11 15:30

@mullvadnet The end game is where you want to do something legal but you still need to get permission in advance. You can't do anything without providing an acceptable justification for doing it.

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