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by eterevsky 1753 days ago
This is absolutely not the case in Switzerland where ProtonMail is located. The government doesn't have a say in what questions are voted for. Any proposal that gathers 100k signatures is put to a nation-wide referendum. About a dozen proposals are voted for each year. It is absolutely possible to run a public initiative to change the privacy or criminal laws, provided you have support in the population.