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Mullvad founder donated 5 million SEK to populist Örebro party (www.flamman.se)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] 12 points 1 month ago

From a privacy perspective, who manufactured a device that (potentially) runs free software is different from who runs a service which you have to trust because you're using someone else's computer.

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