How companies orient themselves politically is extremely important. How they choose to align themselves with the other happenings & governings of the world is one of the most defining ways the world is shaped.
I feel like CEOs probably SHOULD express political views. They should be subject to scrutiny, should have the authority of their wealth & power made visible, and reciprocally, be questioned.
In the UK: https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/be-data-aware/political...
"You have an absolute right under the Data Protection Act to object to marketing from any organisation and the processing of your information for direct purposes. However, a candidate, political party or referendum campaigner does have a right to send a Freepost mailing, as mentioned above."
And under GDPR it's all about consent: https://www.superoffice.com/blog/gdpr-marketing/
"Data permission is about how you manage email opt-ins –people who request to receive promotional material from you. You can’t assume that they want to be contacted. In the future, they need to express consent in a ‘freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous’ way, which is reinforced by a ‘clear affirmative action’."
Specifically, nothing in Expensify's EULA or settings allows me to opt out of the CEO's political views.
[0] Despite me being very pro free-speech by U.K. standards, the responses I get here demonstrate that I’m still a long way from the degree of free speech that American culture embodies.