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UK Surrenders Chagos Islands to US

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How a UK treaty could spell the end of the .io domain

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A treaty finalized by the UK may bring about the end of theio domain.

Last week , the UK announced that it has agreed to give up ownership of the Chagos Islands .

The British Indian Ocean Territory is no more, calling into question the future of the domain.

The IANA aims to retire old country code domains within five years .

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English

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/31/ussr-cybercriminals-su-domain-spacehttp://itch.io/https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/io.htmlhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-31/ai-startups-create-digital-demand-for-anguilla-s-website-domain-name?srnd=premium&sref=KkPzpZvzhttps://every.to/p/the-disappearance-of-an-internet-domainhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy78ejg71exohttps://www.hrw.org/report/2023/02/15/thats-when-nightmare-started/uk-and-us-forced-displacement-chagossians-andhttps://www.britannica.com/place/British-Indian-Ocean-Territoryhttps://www.rferl.org/a/Yugoslav_Internet_Domain_Name_yu_Finally_Discontinued/1998387.htmlhttps://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/sb.htmlhttps://www.iana.org/help/cctld-retirementhttp://greenwise.io/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-between-uk-and-mauritius-3-october-2024https://www.jlevy.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ACHPR-Communication-Chagos-Archipelago.pdfhttps://archive.ph/1Qtlohttps://fortune.com/2020/08/31/crypto-fraud-io-domain-chagos-islands-uk-colonialism-cryptocurrency/https://cddo.blog.gov.uk/2022/11/15/is-it-time-to-retire-the-gb-top-level-domain/http://opensea.io

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www.theguardian.comitch.iowww.iana.orgwww.bloomberg.comevery.towww.bbc.co.ukwww.hrw.orgwww.britannica.comwww.rferl.orggreenwise.iowww.gov.ukwww.jlevy.coarchive.phfortune.comcddo.blog.gov.ukopensea.io

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