{"id":25149,"date":"2019-02-11T12:18:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T12:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/c395c544-daa4-4a9d-9fe8-9a54c842b181"},"modified":"2019-02-11T12:18:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T12:18:31","slug":"winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnie The Pooh takes over Reddit due to Chinese investment, censorship fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The reported investment of Chinese company Tencent in the Reddit platform has outraged users concerned over potential future censorship.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/02\/05\/raiseit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports surfaced<\/a> which suggested Tencent was in charge of a Series D funding round designed to give Reddit a cash injection of between $150 million and $300 million.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relatedContent alignRight\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"int\">More security news<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>The funding round sets Reddit at a $2.7 billion pre-money valuation and comes after a Series C funding round, conducted in 2017, which raised $200 million for the content-sharing service. In total, Reddit has raised $250.1 million.<\/p>\n<p>The irony of Reddit joining forces with Tencent, especially considering the platform is banned in China, has not been lost on users and for many, the news has not been met with praise.<\/p>\n<p>Tencent is the owner of WeChat, a messaging application which has proven popular to Chinese citizens. The Chinese ruling party requires that social networks operating in the country offer &#8220;healthy&#8221; environments, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/tencents-wechat-steps-up-censorship-to-clear-undesirable-content\/\" target=\"_blank\">and in November<\/a>, this led to a mass clean-up of the app in light of the government&#8217;s demands.<\/p>\n<p>The crackdown, which included political information, pornography, content which infringes copyrights and &#8220;vulgar&#8221; content, is only a small aspect of China&#8217;s wider censorship regime.<\/p>\n<p>The Great Firewall is the most well-known element of Chinese censorship, which permits the country to block access to content or platforms deemed undesirable.<\/p>\n<section class=\"sharethrough-top\" data-component=\"medusaContentRecommendation\" data-medusa-content-recommendation-options=\"{&quot;promo&quot;:&quot;promo_ZD_recommendation_sharethrough_top_in_article_desktop&quot;,&quot;spot&quot;:&quot;dfp-in-article&quot;}\">\n<\/section>\n<p><strong>See also:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/russia-we-want-volunteers-to-help-us-censor-the-internet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russia: We want volunteers to help us censor the internet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Tumblr are only a handful of thousands of websites blocked in the country, and while the use of virtual private networks (VPNs) can circumvent the block, VPNs which are &#8220;unauthorised&#8221; &#8212; in other words, are not state-approved and open for its scrutiny &#8212; are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/many-free-mobile-vpn-apps-are-based-in-china-or-have-chinese-ownership\/\" target=\"_blank\">clamped down quickly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some Reddit users mused over greener pastures, while others raised concerns over the enabling of China&#8217;s censorship practices. However, in true Reddit fashion, many chose to mock the news, flooding Reddit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pics\/comments\/aos7qi\/reddit_is_now_funded_by_chinese_investors_so_lets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with memes<\/a> of Winnie The Pooh and Xi Jinping, the Chinese president.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet1.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2019\/02\/11\/d45ebf35-cffa-4411-9d2f-310354985881\/6d0d29a2985ce9b9ca230ce1e873fae6\/screenshot-2019-02-11-at-12-05-16.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"screenshot-2019-02-11-at-12-05-16.png\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>These memes were made famous as comparisons were made between the fictitious character and the Chinese leader, which prompted the country to ban the film Christopher Robin, an adaptation of the beloved children&#8217;s&#8217; story penned by AA Milne. Winnie The Pooh-related memes, jokes, and GIFs were also banned.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/reddit-explodes-over-potential-tencent-investment-censorship-concerns\/\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"screenshot-2019-02-11-at-12-00-27.png\" data-original=\" https:\/\/zdnet2.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2019\/02\/11\/b77c3744-526f-4dd9-bd5d-1240c0c19609\/5c08508eee62ef69583f7568943067b4\/screenshot-2019-02-11-at-12-00-27.png\"\/><\/span><noscript><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet2.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2019\/02\/11\/b77c3744-526f-4dd9-bd5d-1240c0c19609\/5c08508eee62ef69583f7568943067b4\/screenshot-2019-02-11-at-12-00-27.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"screenshot-2019-02-11-at-12-00-27.png\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>One particular\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pics\/comments\/aokdta\/given_that_reddit_just_took_a_150_million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">image posted<\/a> of Winnie The Pooh with the phrase, &#8220;Given that Reddit just took a $150 million investment from a Chinese censorship powerhouse, I thought it would be nice to post this picture of Winnie The Pooh before our new glorious overlords decide we cannot post it anymore,&#8221; has been upvoted thousands of times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/reddit-explodes-over-potential-tencent-investment-censorship-concerns\/\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"screenshot-2019-02-11-at-11-59-09.png\" data-original=\" https:\/\/zdnet2.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2019\/02\/11\/6828d324-fc0e-48c2-94c4-ed90b5ef71b7\/cc6ddb79846ac27043fa903a3c43d90a\/screenshot-2019-02-11-at-11-59-09.png\"\/><\/span><noscript><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet2.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2019\/02\/11\/6828d324-fc0e-48c2-94c4-ed90b5ef71b7\/cc6ddb79846ac27043fa903a3c43d90a\/screenshot-2019-02-11-at-11-59-09.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"screenshot-2019-02-11-at-11-59-09.png\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/HongKong\/comments\/ao3rqi\/reddit_set_to_receive_us150m_investment_from\/?utm_term=31439110649&amp;utm_medium=comment_embed&amp;utm_source=embed&amp;utm_name=3e7d249e-2bed-11e9-9bf5-0e6e8cc336c8&amp;utm_content=footer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">images posted and upvoted<\/a> took a more serious turn, with tanks from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/av\/world-asia-china-36444153\/tiananmen-square-27-years-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tiananmen Square<\/a> protests of 1989 a common theme.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>CNET:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/trump-reportedly-expected-to-ban-chinese-telecom-equipment-next-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump reportedly will ban Chinese telecom equipment next week<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tencent has invested in and led investment rounds for hundreds of companies worldwide, including Epic Games &#8212; the makers of Fortnite &#8212; electric car startup NIO, Flipkart, Uber, and Go-Jek.<\/p>\n<p>The company has previously been called the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1279190\/tencent-the-softbank-of-china-has-invested-tens-of-billions-globally-since-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SoftBank of China<\/a>&#8221; due to its aggressive investment strategy, of which estimates suggest Tencent spent over $30 billion on its investment portfolio between 2015 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TechRepublic:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/article\/help-need-vpn-recommendations-for-android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help! Need VPN recommendations for Android<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another issue beyond a Reddit-style Great Wall of China that has been raised is the potential for data collection. However, considering the style of funding and that Tencent has not acquired Reddit &#8212; nor the data on users it holds &#8212; this worry, at least for now, is unwarranted.<\/p>\n<p>The likelihood of an investor asking for access to customer data in return for VC funding is morally ambiguous at best and could spell disaster for any firm which agrees without transparency. A few hundred million is a drop in the ocean for the Chinese conglomerate, and so it is far more likely that the company simply sees an opportunity to turn a profit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ZDNet has reached out to Tencent and Reddit and will update if we hear back.<\/p>\n<h3>Previous and related coverage<\/h3>\n<p>READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/reddit-explodes-over-potential-tencent-investment-censorship-concerns\/#ftag=RSSbaffb68\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You will probably never see as many Winnie The Pooh memes in one place ever again.<br \/>\nREAD MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zdnet-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Winnie The Pooh takes over Reddit due to Chinese investment, censorship fears 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security &amp; Cyber Threats Analysis Hub. 100% Free OSINT Threat Intelligent and Cybersecurity News.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Winnie The Pooh takes over Reddit due to Chinese investment, censorship fears 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security &amp; Cyber Threats Analysis Hub. 100% Free OSINT Threat Intelligent and Cybersecurity News.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-11T12:18:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/coredata\/uploads\/2019\/02\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1232\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TH Author\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@threatshub\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@threatshub\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TH Author\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TH Author\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/12e0a8671ff89a863584f193e7062476\"},\"headline\":\"Winnie The Pooh takes over Reddit due to Chinese investment, censorship fears\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-11T12:18:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":672,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"ZDNet | Security\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\\\/\",\"name\":\"Winnie The Pooh takes over Reddit due to Chinese investment, censorship fears 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-11T12:18:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security & Cyber Threats Analysis Hub. 100% Free OSINT Threat Intelligent and Cybersecurity News.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears.png\",\"width\":2100,\"height\":1232},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Winnie The Pooh takes over Reddit due to Chinese investment, censorship fears\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News\",\"description\":\"%%focuskw%% Threat Intel \u2013 Threat Intel Services \u2013 CyberIntelligence \u2013 Cyber Threat Intelligence - Threat Intelligence Feeds - Threat Intelligence Reports - CyberSecurity Report \u2013 Cyber Security PDF \u2013 Cybersecurity Trends - Cloud Sandbox \u2013- Threat IntelligencePortal \u2013 Incident Response \u2013 Threat Hunting \u2013 IOC - Yara - Security Operations Center \u2013 SecurityOperation Center \u2013 Security SOC \u2013 SOC Services - Advanced Threat - Threat Detection - TargetedAttack \u2013 APT \u2013 Anti-APT \u2013 Advanced Protection \u2013 Cyber Security Services \u2013 Cybersecurity Services -Threat Intelligence Platform\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Threatshub.org\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ThreatsHub.org\",\"alternateName\":\"Threatshub.org\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Threatshub_Favicon1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/Threatshub_Favicon1.jpg\",\"width\":432,\"height\":435,\"caption\":\"ThreatsHub.org\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/threatshub\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threatshub.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/12e0a8671ff89a863584f193e7062476\",\"name\":\"TH Author\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/066276f086d5155df79c850206a779ad368418a844da0182ce43f9cd5b506c3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/066276f086d5155df79c850206a779ad368418a844da0182ce43f9cd5b506c3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/066276f086d5155df79c850206a779ad368418a844da0182ce43f9cd5b506c3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"TH Author\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Winnie The Pooh takes over Reddit due to Chinese investment, censorship fears 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News","description":"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security & Cyber Threats Analysis Hub. 100% Free OSINT Threat Intelligent and Cybersecurity News.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Winnie The Pooh takes over Reddit due to Chinese investment, censorship fears 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News","og_description":"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security & Cyber Threats Analysis Hub. 100% Free OSINT Threat Intelligent and Cybersecurity News.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/","og_site_name":"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News","article_published_time":"2019-02-11T12:18:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2100,"height":1232,"url":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/coredata\/uploads\/2019\/02\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"TH Author","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@threatshub","twitter_site":"@threatshub","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TH Author","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/"},"author":{"name":"TH Author","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/12e0a8671ff89a863584f193e7062476"},"headline":"Winnie The Pooh takes over Reddit due to Chinese investment, censorship fears","datePublished":"2019-02-11T12:18:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/"},"wordCount":672,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/coredata\/uploads\/2019\/02\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears.png","articleSection":["ZDNet | Security"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/","url":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/","name":"Winnie The Pooh takes over Reddit due to Chinese investment, censorship fears 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/coredata\/uploads\/2019\/02\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears.png","datePublished":"2019-02-11T12:18:31+00:00","description":"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security & Cyber Threats Analysis Hub. 100% Free OSINT Threat Intelligent and Cybersecurity News.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/coredata\/uploads\/2019\/02\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/coredata\/uploads\/2019\/02\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears.png","width":2100,"height":1232},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/winnie-the-pooh-takes-over-reddit-due-to-chinese-investment-censorship-fears\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Winnie The Pooh takes over Reddit due to Chinese investment, censorship fears"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/","name":"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News","description":"%%focuskw%% Threat Intel \u2013 Threat Intel Services \u2013 CyberIntelligence \u2013 Cyber Threat Intelligence - Threat Intelligence Feeds - Threat Intelligence Reports - CyberSecurity Report \u2013 Cyber Security PDF \u2013 Cybersecurity Trends - Cloud Sandbox \u2013- Threat IntelligencePortal \u2013 Incident Response \u2013 Threat Hunting \u2013 IOC - Yara - Security Operations Center \u2013 SecurityOperation Center \u2013 Security SOC \u2013 SOC Services - Advanced Threat - Threat Detection - TargetedAttack \u2013 APT \u2013 Anti-APT \u2013 Advanced Protection \u2013 Cyber Security Services \u2013 Cybersecurity Services -Threat Intelligence Platform","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Threatshub.org","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#organization","name":"ThreatsHub.org","alternateName":"Threatshub.org","url":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/coredata\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Threatshub_Favicon1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/coredata\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Threatshub_Favicon1.jpg","width":432,"height":435,"caption":"ThreatsHub.org"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/threatshub"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/12e0a8671ff89a863584f193e7062476","name":"TH Author","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/066276f086d5155df79c850206a779ad368418a844da0182ce43f9cd5b506c3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/066276f086d5155df79c850206a779ad368418a844da0182ce43f9cd5b506c3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/066276f086d5155df79c850206a779ad368418a844da0182ce43f9cd5b506c3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"TH Author"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}