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@ireneista @mos_8502 @HunterZ @mwl It's definitely a tension between procedural correctness (Country Code removed from ISO -> bye bye TLD) and practical reality of those impacts. And that's just at the policy level, without considering the justice of any decision to the people who are a) impacted and b) should have the right of self-determination.
And ironically, this treaty continues to deny the Chagossians just that, in that they were not party to the negotiations.
But Frankie Bontemps, a second generation Chagossian in the UK, told the BBC that he felt "betrayed" and "angry" at the news because "Chagossians have never been involved" in the negotiations.
"We remain powerless and voiceless in determining our own future", he said, and called for the full inclusion of Chagossians in drafting the treaty.
@mttaggart @ireneista @mos_8502 @mwl Creating TLDs associated with countries and then allowing domains to be registered with them that have nothing to do with those countries seems like an incredibly fraught framework.