This story really got my blood boiling. CW: involves a forced expulsion of people

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    The Chagos Refugees are seeking repatriation of the .io domain name and fees. They likely don’t want people to stop using that domain unless they lose that case.

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      So in other words, tech companies divesting of it would potentially HURT the Chagos people, since they will receive that money if they gain control of the TLD. Amazing.

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      Wouldn’t that need to be done if they’re given the islands back, though?