'I don’t like that he made this donation' — Mullvad CEO reacts to co-founder’s donation to controversial Swedish populist party
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Mullvad says co-founder's 5 million SEK donation to the Örebro Party 'is not part of Mullvad's values or mission'

Worth noting if you are using their VPN services or Browser.

EDIT: Apparently, labelling them as far-right isn’t as clear-cut from an economic perspective, but they do hold many core identity politics that are common amongst far-right parties such as:

  • Voiced support for the idea of large-scale remigration on multiple occasions, even for Swedish-born immigrants: “Sweden belongs to the Swedes”
  • Supports Sweden leaving NATO
  • In favor of Sweden leaving the European Union in a so-called “Swexit”
  • Stated that Sweden should only support other countries on the condition that it benefits Sweden and that it has to be “Sweden first”
  • Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    5 days ago

    This isn’t FUD tho. What head of the company is doing with the money he gets out of is relevant for customers. Especially since a good deal of trust is put into using a VPN, the company’s character is kind of part of the package (and they will say so themselves in their marketing material).