I think "shady" is justified. I had to go back and look and yes, when Bitly was founded in 2008, Libya was still ruled by Gaddafi https://en.wikipedia.org/wik

I think "shady" is justified. I had to go back and look and yes, when Bitly was founded in 2008, Libya was still ruled by Gaddafi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_in_Libya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_in_Libya also followed the link and yes the government has seized one other shortening service which used .ly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitly#Alternative_domains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitly#Alternative_domains https://www.pcmag.com/archive/libya-seizes-url-shortener-vbly-255360 https://www.pcmag.com/archive/libya-seizes-url-shortener-vbl... We can say it's different now or something but I wouldn't put money behind it.