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Comment on 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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t3rmit3@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Unfortunately the IANA decided to kill the TLD altogether, but the Chagos islanders have been asking to get control of it themselves so they can receive the registration fees. This was sort of the worst of both worlds: they could have given the Chagos islands it’s own TLD, or given control of .io to the Chagos islanders, but instead they just said, “you’re not sovereign, so you get nothing”.

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sanzky@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I don’t get why they killed. some regional areas have their own TLD. .cat for Catalonia, for example.

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- quant@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Two letters TLD like .io are ISO country codes. Catalonia’s .cat is a generic TLD in comparison. Since .io stands for the “Indian Ocean” and Chagos Island isn’t going to be ‘sovereign’ anymore by becoming part of Mauritius, IANA’s logic is that the ccTLD has to be retired. That .su is still around after the collapse of USSR isn’t a valid argument for them.
  
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  - sanzky@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    ok. I was not aware the two letter TLD were more restricted than the others. thanks!
    
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- t3rmit3@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  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.
  
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