r/news censored story of renowned Uighur musician Abdurehim Heyit who was killed in a Chinese detention camp. OP confronted the mods, mods openly say they're catering to new Chinese owners, and OP posts a picture of this exchange that is now on the front page

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[–]bablarb 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Mods openly say they're catering to new Chinese owners

Smells of planned trolling to me.

The idea that Tencent buys <10% of reddit and is able to implement censorship on day 1 is really hard to believe, sorry.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That is an interesting point...

They could be eager pleasers reacting quickly in an effort to drum up additional investment. The reaction time is interesting.