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The owners of `queer.af` thought that AF only meant “as f*ck”, without realizing that AF also happens to the be the ISO 3166 code for a country controlled by th

The owners of `queer.af` thought that AF only meant “as f*ck”, without realizing that AF also happens to the be the ISO 3166 code for a country controlled by the Taliban, who didn’t like their domain name [1]. Brits that had `.eu` domains lost their domains due to Brexit [2] (unless they had some other EEA ties). And if the Chagos deal goes ahead [3] and the British Indian Ocean Territory ceases to exist, then all `.io` domains might disappear too (although considering that `.su`/Soviet Union domains are still a thing, they probably would have stayed around). [1]: https://www.404media.co/taliban-shuts-down-queer-af-domain-breaking-mastodon-instance/ https://www.404media.co/taliban-shuts-down-queer-af-domain-b... [2]: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/registering-and-renewing-eu-domain-names-in-the-uk https://www.gov.uk/guidance/registering-and-renewing-eu-doma... [3]: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9m47y1ez2o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9m47y1ez2o

reddalo 3mo ago
>Brits that had `.eu` domains lost their domains due to Brexit Ouch, that must've hurt. Brexit is the most stupid thing that Britain has ever imposed on itself.
- Y_Y 3mo ago
  After the restoration of the monarchy of course
Symbiote 3mo ago
Assuming the British/American air base remains on some agreement with the Mauritian government, then the Chagos Islands may remain as a special territory of Mauritius, justifying the continual existence of an ISO 3166 code for it.
- aloisklink 3mo ago
  Actually, Diego Garcia (the British/American military base) already has it's own ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, DG: [1] It's "Exceptionally reserved" "at the request of International Telecommunication Union (ITU)". Although my gut feeling is that if the deal happens, Mauritius would probably ask to exceptionally reserve `IO` as well. Still, I'm not sure if I'd risk using a `.io` domain since it's not guaranteed. [1]: https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:DG https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:DG

reddalo 3mo ago

>Brits that had `.eu` domains lost their domains due to Brexit Ouch, that must've hurt. Brexit is the most stupid thing that Britain has ever imposed on itself.

Y_Y 3mo ago
After the restoration of the monarchy of course

Symbiote 3mo ago

Assuming the British/American air base remains on some agreement with the Mauritian government, then the Chagos Islands may remain as a special territory of Mauritius, justifying the continual existence of an ISO 3166 code for it.

aloisklink 3mo ago
Actually, Diego Garcia (the British/American military base) already has it's own ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, DG: [1] It's "Exceptionally reserved" "at the request of International Telecommunication Union (ITU)". Although my gut feeling is that if the deal happens, Mauritius would probably ask to exceptionally reserve `IO` as well. Still, I'm not sure if I'd risk using a `.io` domain since it's not guaranteed. [1]: https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:DG https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:DG