Proton
We have apologized and retracted the statement, and changed internal processes to avoid this.
We can assure you that as a Swiss organization, Proton is not controlled by any individual, but by the board of our non-profit foundation, which has neutrality in its governing principles.
Molly White
The TikTok ban, the Musk Twitter takeover, the Facebook moderation policy changes, the Republicans’ rapidly intensifying crackdowns on speech... let these be the proof you needed to move anything you care about online to a space you control.
Digital sovereignty is more important than ever.
Tamsyn Ulthara 🏳️⚧️⛧🎃🐈⬛
@molly0xfff And for anything you're not self-hosting, you need to get it out of the United States. *Now.*
Molly White
@Sibshops nowhere in this post am I arguing that people should look to TikTok (or Twitter or Facebook) for digital sovereignty
Sibshops
@molly0xfff Tiktok was also controlling the online space. They got caught suppressing LGBTQ content, or any content they didn't like as well as boosting any message that fits their own agenda. It wasn't an open or fair algorithm.
Proton
@Infoseepage @molly0xfff As for the '88' in Andy's username: Andy has created this account a week ago and the reason it features 88 in binary is because it’s his birth year and a lucky number in Taiwan, where he is originally from. So, this is a very unfortunate coincidence.
Proton
Hey, this is not how the Proton Foundation works.
The foundation is non-profit, and the shares are not owned by individuals. Instead, each foundation member has one vote.
More on the foundation here: https://proton.me/blog/proton-non-profit-foundation
Reay
@Infoseepage @protonprivacy @molly0xfff I signed up for Tuta last night and will be shifting everything there away from Protonmail as quickly as possible.
I can't and won't abide by Yen doing this in the first place, then him blaming the readers for mistaking his words (I mean, are you kidding me?), and how it's all been handled since then, by him and evidently the company as well.
This isn't how you handle things, folks. As the mass exodus should demonstrate.
Trebach
@human3500 @protonprivacy @Infoseepage @molly0xfff For Reddit, he can't. He has to create a new account
Human 3500
@protonprivacy His birth year is actually 1988. Why not change his username if he just created it a week ago? @Infoseepage @molly0xfff
nix
@protonprivacy @Infoseepage @molly0xfff If the board is separate from Andy, why is this official account explaining or defending his personal decisions? This shows enmeshment that in practice makes me doubt the efficacy of official procedures in reducing any individual's influence.
Marcos D. Alves
@Infoseepage @protonprivacy @molly0xfff At first I considered this demand as idiot; but now I agree with it. What made me change my mind? Elon Musk today! He presented himself as a nazi in front of the cameras, live, to the whole world. Andy Yen supporting anyone on Trump administration brings him closer to nazis.
leberschnitzel
@protonprivacy @Infoseepage @molly0xfff while it may be a coincidence, the account being created as an reaction to what's been happening and being created for a person that says he's very privacy focused but CONTAINS HIS BIRTHDATE makes this an less believable coincidence. Even if it might be one. I would not care if it was for a different reason and for a different person, but just the combination of those two things really hurt your organization.
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