Mullvad Addresses Owner's Political Donation Controversy
We clarify that a recent donation to a Swedish political party was a private act by founder Daniel, not an endorsement by Mullvad. Our mission remains focused on privacy and free speech, maintaining radical tolerance to serve all users regardless of their views. We keep our company values separate from the personal opinions of our founders to ensure we remain a neutral force for open debate.
Protecting ideas one does not agree with is the only way to have a neutral field where truth can be found.
- JLO64
Personally, I'd rather not have a company I work for police my social media and political activities just so that they fit with what the company desires. That would make me quit as I value a separation between my personal and work activities.
That said, the fact that the person involved is the founder of this company (not a regular employee) does change things though. I don't know anything about the politics involved, but (with the exception of recent American executives) I would imagine you would want the people who run your company to be more neutral as to prevent controversy (or at least do so quietly).
- teravor
it was a mistake to respond, over 90% of the controversy is performative as it nearly always is. the ideologues will posture and claim that they are dropping mullvad while being unlikely to follow through.
most people wouldn't even know the controversy happened nor care. with the response, you now trigger various human instincts that draw attention, promote further gossiping and wondering where the fire is with all the smoke.
- calldacopsidgaf
"Mullvad will continue to keep its values and mission separate from the broader views of its founders." - the sentence immediately following a link to Daniel's soapbox blog post
- _def
> We want to liken Mullvad to a force of nature. Or to cryptography. It just mechanically does its thing with no human arbiters.
I can't even find the right words to describe how wrong this sounds to me
- gnabgib
Related: I'm Done with Mullvad (65 points, 14 hours ago, 175 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48975428
The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party (118+695 points, last month, 3+1588 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48687508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48717469