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.
Biden: puts Lina Kahn in charge of the FTC
Lina Kahn: Goes after monopoly behavior, non competes, etc
Trump: Promptly fires Lina Kahn, day one
Protonmail: Clearly Republicans are for the little guy!
Seriously. Kahn was actually trying stuff. I don’t know how anyone could look at Big Tech falling in line with Trump and think that they’re going to be tough on anti-trust, anti-big business.
This is going to be 4yrs of looting and grifting.