Chagos Islanders Fight for Lucrative .io Domain

• Chagossians, original inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago, are fighting to reclaim their home and the lucrative .io web-address extension.
• The .io extension, popular among tech startups, is a $50 million digital property associated with the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), which includes the Chagos Islands.
• The Chagossians were forcibly removed from the islands by the UK in the 1970s.
• The UK still claims ownership of the islands and the .io domain, despite a UN demand to decolonize the territory.
• The Chagossians argue that they are the rightful owners of .io and that the UK is exploiting the digital property.

Source: Fortune