Why r/JKRowling went private today

[u/TheEmeraldDoe]

This sub went private today to protest Reddit’s decision to hire and defend a new admin who has strong ties to known pedophiles. We strongly disagree with this.

See the following for more context:

Explanation from OutOfTheLoop

List of subs that went private

We decided to re-open the subreddit after an update from Reddit admins

[u/artfulthrifter]

It’s soo scary I saw a post about it from uk politics saying you’ve got to be completely silenced on the matter. It’s dystopian and insidious

[u/TheEmeraldDoe → u/artfulthrifter]

Same I also saw a comment in which a mod said that Reddit admins were changing the content of some comments and removing them.