--- title: Donation controversy | daily.dev description: Mullvad VPN addresses public controversy over a personal political donation made by one of its owners, Daniel, to a Swedish political party. The company... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/donation-controversy-qdm06fz0h twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Donation controversy | daily.dev og:description: Mullvad VPN addresses public controversy over a personal political donation made by one of its owners, Daniel, to a Swedish political party. The company... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/donation-controversy-qdm06fz0h og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qDM06FZ0H.png og:image:alt: Donation controversy og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Donation controversy **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Mullvad VPN addresses public controversy over a personal political donation made by one of its owners, Daniel, to a Swedish political party. The company clarifies it had no involvement and did not endorse the donation. Mullvad reaffirms its core mission around privacy, free speech, and freedom of information, emphasizing it operates as a politically neutral tool — much like cryptography — that protects all users regardless of their views. The company states it will continue to keep its values and mission separate from the broader personal views of its founders. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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