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.io is a particularly sad story. The residents of the British Indian Ocean Territory (which .io represents) were forced to leave the islands in the 1960s to mak
by duskwuff 6y ago
.io is a particularly sad story. The residents of the British Indian Ocean Territory (which .io represents) were forced to leave the islands in the 1960s to make room for a naval base. The UK has subsequently established the islands as a marine reserve with the express intent of preventing the original inhabitants, or their descendants, from ever returning to the islands.
- JJMcJ 6y agoAnd the British base is essentially a wrapper around a US Air Force Base. Main island and site of the USAF base is Diego Garcia, sometimes used to refer to the BIOT as a whole.
- gumby 6y agoIt's likely horribly polluted at this point (the base there is actually a US one as the UK leases it to the US) so if anyone ever does get to go live there is will be pretty horrible. Quite a reprehensible example of colonialism.