Mozilla just ditched its privacy partner because its CEO is tied to data brokers

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And to add to all this, the company that maintains Brave is run by a well known anti-lgbtq bigot.

Yup.

Donated money for a campaign for stripping gay people of their right to marry.

Backed a politician who said that AIDS is good because it cleanses the world of gay people.

And when questioned about his views in an interview, no joke, his position was that by criticising him on his position surrounding LGBT rights, you are being intolerant of others.