The Center for Democracy and Technology praised Google’s decision to reconsider its position in China.

“Google has taken a bold and difficult step for Internet freedom in support of fundamental human rights. No company should be forced to operate under government threat to its core values or to the rights and safety of its users,” Leslie Harris, the CDT’s president, said in a statement.

(Juan Carlos Perez in Miami and James Niccolai in San Francisco contributed to this report.)