Why repost this with the sensationalist headline but not include the context provided in the comments by @artyom@piefed.social
"The author omitted the complete statement from Reddit:
Hi everyone,
No, Proton did not knowingly block journalists’ email accounts. Our support for journalists and those working in the public interest has been demonstrated time and again through actions, not just words.
In this case, we were alerted by a CERT that certain accounts were being misused by hackers in violation of Proton’s Terms of Service. This led to a cluster of accounts being disabled.
Because of our zero-access architecture, we cannot see the content of accounts and therefore cannot always know when anti-abuse measures may inadvertently affect legitimate activism.
Our team has reviewed these cases individually to determine if any can be restored. We have now reinstated 2 accounts, but there are other accounts we cannot reinstate due to clear ToS violations.
Regarding Phrack’s claim on contacting our legal team 8 times: this is not true. We have only received two emails to our legal team inbox, last one on Sep 6 with a 48-hour deadline. This is unrealistic for a company the size of Proton, especially since the message was sent to our legal team inbox on a Saturday, rather than through the proper customer support channels.
The situation has unfortunately been blown out of proportion without giving us a fair chance to respond to the initial outreach."
LOL the usual army of cancel culture that want a company erased because it is not immaculate in their eyes.
(And I am not completely against it. But lets start at the top of the list with companies that undisprovably profit from harming people. Not with the ones that are at least somewhat trying to be okay and provide a useful service for a fair price. Like why the fuck is Nestle not cancelled yet? Where is your social media campaign against them?)
Why repost this with the sensationalist headline but not include the context provided in the comments by @artyom@piefed.social
"The author omitted the complete statement from Reddit:
LOL the usual army of bots defending Proton with copypastas… Ditch that crap people!
LOL the usual army of cancel culture that want a company erased because it is not immaculate in their eyes.
(And I am not completely against it. But lets start at the top of the list with companies that undisprovably profit from harming people. Not with the ones that are at least somewhat trying to be okay and provide a useful service for a fair price. Like why the fuck is Nestle not cancelled yet? Where is your social media campaign against them?)
(where is yours?)
You just read it.