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I must be out of the loop. What’s the issue with Proton?
I think they sponsored a right-wing French Youtuber, but they publicly apologised and said they didn't know his political alignment.
Is that the whole thing? Genuinely asking.
That is the whole thing.
Seems...pretty thin tbh. I'm not ready to throw baby out with bathwater just yet.
Same. No idea what OP is talking about and I'm usually up to speed on stuff. Nobody has answered either so it's probably an old article from a couple months ago about that cia inquiry or whatever (can't recall). Idk what else. They always have a bad rep here, but it's better than pretty much everything else, minus maybe a few one-offs.
I haven't heard anything about it either, so am wondering if this is just good old fashioned muckraking.
There is absolutely no evidence for it. He went to lobby in DC, and apparently, some GOP folks had time for him but Dems didn't. Could have been the opposite on different day based on several factors.
Then recently, the marketing firm they hired put a sponsorship on a far right guy's video. They accepted full accountability for the mistake and said they would change procedures to get those being sponsored vetted appropriately.
Neither one of these are evidence of being MAGA. You can personally lobby in DC and find an individual of an opposite party who might have interest in your message. Just because Grainger played a commercial during satanic music videos doesn't mean they are Dimmu Borgir fans. It just means people who listen to metal need tools too.
They guy might be a fascist dick for all I know. I'm just saying that the situations above do not indicate that it is the case. In fact, fascists typically never admit fault or accept accountability for anything. The only concern for me is that he was lobbying in the US at all, but that is the only way you can get your case heard sometimes if you need politicians to hear a different side of an argument.
@mrnngglry@sh.itjust.works proton keeps publicly dog whistling fascists/maga and -- hopefully -- by accident.
I thought it was the X posts from 2023 or 2024 supporting Drumph or the GOP.
Edit: It was mostly misunderstanding, at least on the topic I thought it was about. I know their stance on privacy may be in question still.
Found a source https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/ And another: https://medium.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-trump-a-deeper-analysis-and-surprising-findings-aed4fee4305e
that's how it started and it escalated to proton itself paying a french fascist to make a video a few days ago.
I was just reading their response to that. I skipped down to the part where they said their ad buys are sort of not their fault? lol
Edit: added link
don't you just hate it when your money spends itself all on its own and w/o your control? lol
Most definitely
Found it
https://lemmy.ml/comment/26135495