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.

  • danA
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    1 day ago

    have thousands of open providers instead of the tiny fee enormous ones we got now

    With distributed/federated services, people still always gravitate towards the largest providers. We see that on Lemmy and Mastodon too.

    I agree with you though. I’ve been self-hosting my email for many years now, using Mailcow. I use an SMTP relay for outbound email though - it’s a hassle to deal with IP reputation otherwise, especially if you don’t own your own IP space.