A group of Republican representatives sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook asking why his company, which publicly claims to be a defender of human rights, censors words like ‘Falun Gong,’ ‘Freedom of the Press’ or ‘Human Rights’ on its products sold in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong when even local laws do not require it to do so. The point made by the legislators is, while Apple is premised on ‘complying with local laws’ and therefore the company often says it has to do things it disagrees with, why its products censor words that refer to topics considered…