Question mark hangs over trendy tech startup domains

io’ – popular with tech startups – may be in doubt after the United Nations condemned the UK’s continued ownership over islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean that own the domain. The non-binding resolution endorsed a decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in February that said the UK continued claim was illegal and the islands should be returned to the former British territory of Mauritius. In June 2017, the UN voted to refer the issue to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to decide on its legal status and in February 2019 it decided that the 1965 separation was not legal and the UK should return the islands to Mauritius.

Source: www.theregister.co.uk