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Re:Reddit purges 1/2 of The Donald’s moderators – replaces t... by jedberg on Thursday February 27, 2020 @04:02PM (#22437832)
This is fearmongering. Tencent owns a small part of Reddit, has no board seat, and has no influence. They can’t “pull their money” so they would have no leverage to make threats.

And by the way do you know who is the majority owner of Tencent? Naspers, a South African media company.

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Re:Reddit purges 1/2 of The Donald’s moderators – replaces t... by adventured on Thursday February 27, 2020 @04:10PM (#22437918)
> And by the way do you know who is the majority owner of Tencent? Naspers, a South African media company

Naspers does not own a majority position in Tencent. They own closer to ~31% of the company. A large position, however that means very little given it's a Chinese juggernaut (see: Yahoo vs China in the Alibaba & Alipay spats).

https://www.investopedia.com/news/nasper-set-earn-10b-tencen...

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