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Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency
(theintercept.com)
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this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2025
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So, in summary, Proton will block any account, without any evidence, just because a random CERT says so.
Ok, they are getting down votes, but technically true?Yes they reinstated it, but they assume guilt rather than check first?
I assume that they have a level of trust in the reporter, that hopefully they will not extend next time. I guess they must get a lot of these, and that failing to block spammers means they may lose trust of other email servers?
Proton's reply says they also were flagged by their abuse system