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.
@MicrowavedTea @nuko147 All our e-mail, except for some junk with GMail, is on my own domains and has been so for the last 20+ years.
Also again a mail server here at home on the domain pointing to our Internet connection.
Some admin mail is on the domain of our ISP, where I probably should change that to my own domain also on that mailbox with our ISP.
BTW, our ISP is fully trustworthy I’d say, we didn’t pick them for the price of the service…