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Re: Proton is funding the French far right on YouTube

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Post by eightysixfour »

Response from Proton

> You're right to raise this, and we want to address it directly and provide you important context on how this happened.

> Vincent Lapierre's channel should never have been part of our affiliate and sponsorship program, because we intentionally avoid association with channels whose content could distract from our message and divide our community.

> Proton operates globally, and while our services are available to everyone regardless of political views and our mission is consistent everywhere, our knowledge of every local media landscape is not. In this case, our team didn't have enough context about the French space to make a well-informed decision, and that's on us.

> We also want to be straight about what a placement like this is and isn't. An affiliate or sponsorship arrangement is a transactional placement for awareness, not an endorsement of a creator's views. In the case of Vincent Lapierre, this was a single video sponsorship, not a partnership.

> But that distinction doesn't excuse what happened here. The responsibility to vet who we put our name next to is ours, and we didn't meet it this time. We're now reviewing our vetting process and our guidelines for our marketing agencies to ensure this doesn't happen again.

> If you see something like this again, tell us. We rely on your feedback and vigilance.

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1u05xs2/comment...

Re: Proton is funding the French far right on YouTube

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Post by jasonlotito »

kittikitti wrote: post #4

I'm very sorry to hear about this news. I've read through the responses from Proton and don't find it sufficient. I'm now seeking an alternative even though one of my current emails are provided through Proton Mail.

> I've read through the responses from Proton and don't find it sufficient.

Genuinely curious: What do you find insufficient specifically?

Re: Proton is funding the French far right on YouTube

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Post by john_strinlai »

kittikitti wrote: post #4

I'm very sorry to hear about this news. I've read through the responses from Proton and don't find it sufficient. I'm now seeking an alternative even though one of my current emails are provided through Proton Mail.

>I've read through the responses from Proton and don't find it sufficient.

i thought their response was pretty reasonable.

what would a sufficient response for you look like?

Re: Proton is funding the French far right on YouTube

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Post by chomp »

eightysixfour wrote: post #3

Response from Proton > You're right to raise this, and we want to address it directly and provide you important context on how this happened. > Vincent Lapierre's channel should never have been part of our affiliate and sponsorship program, because we intentionally avoid association with channels whose content could distract from our message and divide our community. > Proton operates globally, and while our services…

> You're right to raise this

Is this LLM generated?

Re: Proton is funding the French far right on YouTube

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Post by blitzar »

chomp wrote: post #7
eightysixfour wrote: post #3

Response from Proton > You're right to raise this, and we want to address it directly and provide you important context on how this happened. > Vincent Lapierre's channel should never have been part of our affiliate and sponsorship program, because we intentionally avoid association with channels whose content could distract from our message and divide our community. > Proton operates globally, and while our services…

> You're right to raise this Is this LLM generated?

You're right to raise this

Re: Proton is funding the French far right on YouTube

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Post by slater »

eightysixfour wrote: post #3

Response from Proton > You're right to raise this, and we want to address it directly and provide you important context on how this happened. > Vincent Lapierre's channel should never have been part of our affiliate and sponsorship program, because we intentionally avoid association with channels whose content could distract from our message and divide our community. > Proton operates globally, and while our services…

> We rely on your [..] vigilance

A crazy idea, but: Why not be vigilant, yourselves?

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