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Proton Mail says it’s “politically neutral” while praising Republican Party (theintercept.com)

submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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Summary

Proton Mail, known for its privacy-first email services, faced backlash after CEO Andy Yen praised the Republican Party and its antitrust stance.

The company initially posted and deleted a statement supporting Yen’s comments, later claiming an “internal miscommunication” and reiterating its political neutrality.

Critics question Proton’s impartiality, particularly as it cooperates with Swiss authorities on legal data requests.

Privacy advocates warn that political alignments could undermine trust, especially for Proton’s users—journalists and activists wary of government surveillance under administrations like Trump’s.

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then here’s what Proton’s team said on Reddit

are you REALLY asking us to care about their PR damage control? They can literally cherry pick anything and say anything that's true and try to tie it back into their argument. What stands is his initial heartfelt public statement.

Zero of the statement praises Trump or praises Republicans

Great pick by 
@realDonaldTrump
. 10 years ago, Republicans were the party of big business and Dems stood for the little guys, but today the tables have completely turned. People forget that the current antitrust actions against Big Tech were started under the first Trump admin.

On Twitter (your know, the fascist communication network)

Tagging Trump directly (ohh look at me, I'm a good boy, give me contracts, invite me over)

your definition of Zero and mine are WILDLY different.

I feel like I’ve read from hundreds of Lemmy users total agreement that the Democratic party

Yes, the standard far right argument, no no they're both bad so this isn't bad.

of the sad reality that Republicans with their very hard-on-Silicon-Valley rhetoric are more likely to actually

There it is, you're not even going to sugar coat it, No no, the Republicans WHO ARE DISMANTLING DEI AND MEDIA FACT CHECKING

are going to

ctually reign in the big tech companies (more )than the Democratic party

GTFO, or at least come up with a half reasonable argument. That's serious not even worth the time to post on..

TL;DR: storm in a teacup, I’ll be keeping my Proton mail account.

If you're for real, (and I expect you're just more damage control), sounds like you're in a good place with like minded friends not worried at all about their safety.

p.s. yes this is my first Lemmy post.

Ahh so more damage control. Gotcha!

Their PR Department can do better

[–] sudneo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

"Tagging Trump" because it was an answer (quote? Not sure what is the xitter term) to the tweer where Trump announced the pick for antitrust.

I do disagree with the person you are answering to, he did praise republicans. He did in a very narrow context and for specific (although opinable) reasons and he praised Trump for having made that specific pick.

Personally, I don't see what the big deal is.