Apple's choice to remove an app at the government's behest shows that the App Store is too private to be public, and too public to be private.Understanding free speech on
Apple's choice to remove an app at the government's behest shows that the App Store is too private to be public, and too public to be private.

A smartphone and a clamp are illustrated on a document showing the words 'We the People' in ornate script.
Understanding free speech on the internet and in the App Store| Image generated by ChatGPT

I describe myself as AppleInsider's resident "First Amendment rights psychopath." I've always been this way; you can chalk it up to getting put through the American school system in the early 2000s.

However, as such, I've also had to become pretty well-versed in where that rule applies — because it's not always immediately obvious. Especially when you start dealing with "invisible" spaces, like the internet.


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