Proton Mail Says It’s “Politically Neutral” While Praising Republican Party
theintercept.com
The “privacy-first” company surprised its user base when CEO Andy Yen lauded Trump on social media.

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.

  • Vinstaal0@lemmy.world
    74·
    1 day ago

    It does make sense that a country located in Switzerland has this type of being “neutral”, it’s seems very similar to what the country was doing in WW1 and WW2.

    Anyway, I’ll be keeping my Proton account. It works pretty well and I have more faith in the laws in Switzerland than in the EU. Saying that I still have more faith in the EU than the rest of the world if it comes to privacy. If anything changes in the future I’ll be moved in about an hour or two.

    • futatorius@lemm.ee
      4·
      1 day ago

      it’s seems very similar to what the country was doing in WW1 and WW2

      In WW2, they got quite rich storing Nazi loot.

      • Vinstaal0@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 day ago

        Exactly my point.

        Considering Porton AG is owned by a foundation it is harder for the CEO to get rich of it so Ill just wait and see what happens

    • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
      3·
      1 day ago

      Interestingly, if I set my VPN location to Switzerland, I can watch YouTube videos without logging in. Everywhere in the US requires me to log in and be subjected to advertisements first.