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The Mullvad founder gave millions to extremist far right party (mastodon.social)
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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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[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 24 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I'm surprised that Sweden allows individuals to donate that much. Million dollar contributions from a single person should not be legal anywhere.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

One thing they would, and have done, to avoid a single large donation is they spread it out among friends, family and organizations.