Apple, which has famously fashioned itself as the friend of rebels and freethinkers everywhere, has once again shown itself willing to take the side of the censors and autocrats. Lured by profits, Apple continues to do the bidding of the Chinese government by banning certain iPhone and iPad apps in China's App Store.The latest instance came in late October, when Apple pulled the Free Weibo app from the App Store in China. Free Weibo is designed to allow people to read censored comments on China's popular microblogging platform, Sina Weibo. Sina Weibo is a frequent target of such censorship. For example, when the Chinese a
