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Mullvad founder donated 5 million SEK to populist Örebro party (www.flamman.se)

submitted 6 days ago by zaylon@sopuli.xyz 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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[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

What do you suggest otherwise? I don't want my money to go to fascists or surveillance states.

[–] whatiswrongwithyou@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

You don’t get that choice. Beans soak up the flavor of the broth, rocks get thrown out in the trash.

I’m not trying to be a jerk, but you literally have no control over what other people do and the whole point of a marketplace is to drill the social relationship down to cash.

A vpn service with a political angle like you suggested would immediately be targeted.

It’s why you can buy a che tee shirt but not actually ship oil to Cuba.

If you need the security of mullvad then i recommend you use it.

Now a communist vpn would be a great piece of political theater! Get one going then get black bagged over it, run a social media campaign to raise awareness, levitate the pentagon, it’d be fantastic!