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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

The British government is transferring sovereignty of an island in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius next week, potentially impacting the existence of the .io domain.

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The British government is transferring sovereignty of an island in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius next week, potentially impacting the existence of the .io domain.

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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

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The Disappearance of an Internet Domain

How geopolitics can alter digital infrastructure

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I’m assuming .io just stands for Indian Ocean in this case

British Indian Ocean Territory, it was just shortened to .io so it would fit into the naming scheme.

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