Developers censor app reviews?

Is it possible for a developer to censor a customer's review of their iPad app?
I wrote a critical 1 star review of the Pocket app (used to be called Read It Later) several days ago, but it has not appeared in the list of a hundred or so reviews.
Terry, UK

Thanks. My review doesn't appear at all. No answer to any of my emails. And there seems to be no recent support in their moderated forums at http://help.getpocket.com/
I strongly suspect they are simply deleting unfavourable reviews and not publishing any critical posts in their forums. If so I'd like to be sure Apple are aware, as this constitutes misleading marketing in the App Store. Is there an appropriate email address I can use to achieve this please?
Terry, East Grinstead, UK

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