The journalists were reporting on suspected North Korean hackers. Proton only reinstated their accounts after a public outcry.
  • Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    32·
    21 hours ago

    Yes and then the journalist appeal and shows that he is not using his account for abuse and get reinstated. Even a privacy and a security product like Proton has terms of service.

    • Karna@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      31·
      15 hours ago

      If you read through the article, his appeal was originally rejected, and subsequent follow ups were also ignored.

      It’s only the tweet, directed at proton for ghosting them, that went viral and eventually forced Proton’s hand to reinstate the account.

      If a journalist has to go through this much trouble, what chance a common person from authoritarian or semi-authoritarian country have.

      This loophole will certainly be misused by Governments to gag someone temporarily/permanently.