Screencap of a racist and misogynistic meme, posted by the company Tutanota. The image is a smiling, juvenile-looking white lady sitting on a sofa. She is identified with the label "Your personal data". Standing behind her are 5 masculine-bodied people of color, with their heads removed and completely replaced with square brand icons of Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple, and Facebook. The male bodies are in their underwear and leaning towards her. Tutanota's caption reads: "Don't get cucked by Big Tech's invasive privacy policies. Keep your private data safe and secure with state of the art end-to-end encryption with Tutanota." The screencapped post is dated August 26, 2022 6:26 AM.

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   Mystery Babylon :transsmiley: (erosdiscordia@hackers.town)'s status on Saturday, 27-Aug-2022 05:50:49 JST Mystery Babylon :transsmiley:

   I'm reposting this at the request of the original poster, who is setting a personal boundary on replies.

   It was posted by the @Tutanota account this morning, by the looks of the time. The original post has been deleted, followed by a curt apology from the company and no further information.

   Personally, I don't feel like that is good enough, especially for a company that advocates for privacy.

   Privacy is a human right, but it isn't the only one -- dignity matters just as much. To publicly post a racist meme makes Mastodon hostile for POC users.

   That behavior operates under the implication that Mastodon is for white people, which is supremacist. It's unacceptable, and I have personally deleted my account with Tutanota.

   Tutanota, you permitted someone with this toxic of a mindset to fester inside your company. To me, it's compromised. You need to come clean to your users about what happened, what steps you've taken to address it (internally and externally), and an apology that sounds more heartfelt, and understanding of the impact of this on your users and on the Mastodon community.

   I don't personally care where the meme originated from. I've been on the internet going on thirty years, I know edgelord trash when I see it. Very disappointing.

   Boosts appreciated.