Google's decision to stop censoring its Chinese search engine is a strong step in favor of freedom of expression and information, and an indictment of the Chinese government's insistence on censorship of the internet... The company also said it would monitor and publicize any attempts at censorship of the site by the Chinese government... Various companies, including Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, have enabled this system [of government censorship] by blocking terms they believe the Chinese government will want them to censor... Human Rights Watch called on other companies to follow Google's example and end all their censorship of politically sensitive information.