cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24846782
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.
It still makes one think: why he would do that and what is his agenda?
And my answer is: he expressed his opinion, with which I disagree, like he did in many other occasions.
Since he ceded control of his company to a nonprofit, I don’t care about his opinion. I also don’t think that if he didn’t express his opinion would have changed anything, because he would still think the same.