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.
They’ve done a lot of damage control. They were on Reddit too, They spin it that the pick he made was actually a reasonable pick, (1/50 even if they’re right on this one and I don’t think they are) but they don’t address that he went on to Twitter and tagged Trump to try to gain favor.
One can’t reach out to the man trying to dismantle democracy and say “hey buddy, you’re doing great! Can I get in on some of that?” and still try to claim centrist.
I mean, “spin it”, that’s literally what the tweet said, in a response to a tweet (from trump, hence the tag) that announced that pick. He praised the pick and generalized on the fact that republicans are more likely than democrats to fight big tech. Good or wrong that’s everything that was said and a perfectly legitimate opinion, even if I may disagree.
This also happened in December, not yesterday.