[Link] The Digital Colonialism Behind .tv and .ly

Read: 23/11/2021 www.wired.com

In late 2018, the tiny South Pacific island of Niue filed a lawsuit worth more than its entire economy. The case, which is under litigation in Stockholm, hinges on the rights to .nu, one of those country-specific extensions that appends a URL.

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