PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 months agoThe British government is transferring sovereignty of an island in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius next week, potentially impacting the existence of the .io domain.every.toexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down10
arrow-up1126arrow-down1external-linkThe British government is transferring sovereignty of an island in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius next week, potentially impacting the existence of the .io domain.every.toPhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoTechnically, they haven’t yet. In the past they’ve sometimes transitioned ownership of country-code TLDs over (like the Soviet Union’s .su to Russia). I think they just don’t want to wade into the debate over the Chagos Islands in general.
Technically, they haven’t yet. In the past they’ve sometimes transitioned ownership of country-code TLDs over (like the Soviet Union’s .su to Russia). I think they just don’t want to wade into the debate over the Chagos Islands in general.