Your example has nothing to do with the law, and dissent wasn't being silenced. It was entirely down to Apple, which has made a commercial decision not to distr

Your example has nothing to do with the law, and dissent wasn't being silenced. It was entirely down to Apple, which has made a commercial decision not to distribute certain types of material. This doesn't prevent the same material being distributed by other means. Yes, Apple is the same as Walmart in laying the dead hand of censorship on popular culture with the aim of increasing its own profits, but in most cases, there is not a legal compulsion to do so.