A readable summary of the authors' issues with the .io TLD: 1. The TLD is a ccTLD for the BIOT [1], the creation of which was questionable under international

A readable summary of the authors' issues with the .io TLD: 1. The TLD is a ccTLD for the BIOT [1], the creation of which was questionable under international law to say the least. It also serves solely as a military base, so the author perceives it as linked to both colonialism and militarism. 2. There isn't a clear link between the UK (the owner of the BIOT colony) and the former or current operators of the .io TLD. Normally there is a license agreement between the government and the company that administers its ccTLD, but apparently the UK government could not find any records of ever having granted the company permission to take control of this ccTLD. It's worth noting that the UK government does make use of an .io domain for the island's colonial administration [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory [2] https://biot.gov.io https://biot.gov.io