HP, Apple, Google in censorship crossfire

[Commentary] It's not just about supposedly anti-pornographic software anymore. A bigger storm pitting free expression against autocratic government control is brewing, and San Francisco Bay Area companies are right in the middle of it. Ed Black, CEO of the Computer & Communications Industry Association, says Western governments, including the United States, have not been paying sufficient attention to the dots. "There's a technological arms race between those forces seeking openness and mass communication, and those wanting control," he said. So far, he says, Western governments have been at best complacent.