These forums are hosted and moderated by Apple, posts will be edited (or potentially removed) if they don't stick to the forum's terms of use. As I don't know what you originally posted I have no idea what was removed, but common reasons are including (or requesting) personal info (email addresses etc), speculation or commenting on Apple's policies, flames etc., links are also sometimes removed

Forum's terms of use : Apple Support Communities Use Agreement

Read King Penguins answer carefully. If none of the items he mentioned apply give us a clue what else you said. Just a clue, I don't want you to be edited a second time.

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  Apple Maps does not work in India.

  
  

  As of now you can only see some macro level information about places. It is better to stick to Google Maps.

  
  

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  beetelacesJun 22, 2016 5:24 PM in response to khwajababu

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  by beetelaces,Jun 27, 2016 9:17 AM Re: Apple Maps is not showing directions in India for 'Iphone 6S'in response to beetelaces

  Who edited my post? Is Apple playing the moderator here? There was nothing worth 'censoring' in my reply

  
  

Apple employees do moderate here. And by moderate I mean remove spam, edit out info in posts that shouldn't be there, such as personal info, personal e-mail addresses, times when people post thier serial number for their device, etc.

They also edit out posts if things get a bit too heated or inappropriate. (People can and do get into arguments here about what to do or whether or not someone's suggestion is a good one, maybe not as much in the iPad area but certainly in other parts of the forum)

There are also things listed in that TOU such as asking for polls or trying to start some sort of campaign that can get a post edited.

has it happened with anyone else?

Yes, it happens daily. And yes, since the site is owned and hosted by Apple, they are free to edit or delete anything (see the last sentence in the ToU).

Quite often, it is simply because someone inadvertently included some private information which will be removed for your own safety. If you had posted something that violated the ToU, you would also get an email from the Apple hosts explaining the violation - so, as long as you didn't get an email, it is simply for your safety, not censorship.

I'd say you got off easy. I'm pretty sure you violated articule 2.1.2 of the ASC USe Agreement King Penguin posted above.

Speculating and commenting on Apples business practices are the two biggest no-nos.

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