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The Mullvad founder gave millions to extremist far right party (mastodon.social)

submitted 1 week ago by e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.world

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The IT company Mullvad’s founder Daniel Berntsson is behind a giant donation to the populist Örebro Party, which advocates “comprehensive re-immigration” from Sweden. “It’s sad that it’s needed,” he told Flamman.

~ https://www.flamman.se/techprofil-ger-miljoner-till-orebropartiet/

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[–] Seimhe@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

The five million from Berntsson make up the majority – as much as 72 percent – of the Örebro Party's income last year. It is also the largest single private donation to a party in 2025.

The money also seems to have been the triggering factor for the party's decision to stand in the parliamentary elections.

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Fuck them. Not sure who to go with now. Paying monthly and not needing to remember to cancel were the main reason I used them.

Also, it seems safer to assume that all tech companies are rotten until proven otherwise.

[–] ddplf@szmer.info 21 points 1 week ago

Jesus. Fucking. Christ.

This is fucking disgusting and extremely fucking dangerous. Nazi parties spread like a virus. One day they are completely underground, next time you look they are a major force in the parliament.

Mullvad literally grabbing them from the rock bottom where they belong and bringing them into light is unforgivable.

I'm from Poland and we have a huge problem with these parasite parties. They managed to shift the Overton Window so far into the right that the libertarians are literally on the left and the socdems are the extremely far left.

[–] nullroot@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://www.vpnscorecard.com/ seems like a good place to check for alternatives although it doesn't go into the politics of the company mostly. Still, their top scorer https://www.ivpn.net/ seems like a good bet.

[–] Seimhe@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

That's a decent link, thanks. Unfortunately Mullvad get a good score there too. As you say, the shady extracurricular stuff is missing.

[–] Azzu@leminal.space 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

AirVPN

[–] Seimhe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I do like what I read on their about page. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll dig a bit deeper.

[–] fraksken@infosec.pub 5 points 1 week ago

I'm with xeovo until somebody points out why not