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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦onMastodon3d ago
RE: https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/116822264297340100
This is immensely disappointing, @mullvadnet.
Your co-CEO is funding far-right authoritarians. Authoritarianism is not compatible with free speech – anyone who claims to be fighting for free speech has to be aware of this. In fact, the reason we need free speech is to fend of authoritarianism!
You used "free speech" to defend anti-free-speech views. This is the "paradox of tolerance". Only, it is not a paradox. Allowing intolerance erodes a tolerant society:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
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Analysis Summary
Mullvad's co-founder Daniel Berntsson donated 5 million SEK to Sweden's Örebro Party in 2025—the party's largest single donation, representing 72% of their annual revenue. The author argues this contradicts Mullvad's stated commitment to free speech, since the Örebro Party is characterized as far-right and authoritarian; the post invokes the Paradox of Tolerance to suggest that defending anti-free-speech movements undermines free speech itself. The donation is verified by multiple sources, though the characterization of the Örebro Party's views and whether Mullvad's prior statements actually defended them are matters of political interpretation rather than established fact.
Claims Analysis (3)
“Your co-CEO is funding far-right authoritarians.”
Mullvad co-founder Daniel Berntsson donated 5 million SEK to the Örebro Party in 2025, confirmed by multiple sources including korben.info and X/social media corroboration.
“Authoritarianism is not compatible with free speech.”
This is a defensible political/philosophical claim but is opinion rather than empirical fact. The author cites the Paradox of Tolerance as support for this position.
“You used 'free speech' to defend anti-free-speech views.”
The post references a prior Mullvad statement (linked to mastodon.online/@mullvadnet) but does not quote it directly. Cannot independently verify Mullvad's exact framing without access to the original post.
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