Chances Reddit did this on purpose to hide the content blackout?

Doesn't look like it.

We're aware of problems loading content and are working to resolve the issues as quickly as possible.

I'm 99% sure those are automated, so it really doesn't say anything.

Doubt it, none of the other reports are the same https://www.redditstatus.com/history Also if it was automated then the monitoring service would likely notice earlier than that.