Tech giant Google followed up on its report that Chinese Internet authorities are abusing their authority over the Internet by depriving them of that authority—at least with Google products. Chinese netizens cheered the move.
On March 23 Google announced that a subsidiary of the China Internet Information Center (CNNIC) was responsible for issuing unauthorized certificates. On April 1, Google announced it was no longer recognizing certificates issued by the Chinese Internet authority. In a separate move, Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox browser, also announced on April 2 it would not longer accept the CNNIC certificates.
Well done, democratic Google.
