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Chagos Islanders Fight for Lucrative .io Domain

CosmicTaco · 2024-10-04T08:36:31.691730+05:30

- 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](https://fortune.com/2020/08/31/crypto-fraud-io-domain-chagos-islands-uk-colonialism-cryptocurrency/)

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