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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ikidd@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

Was there some sort of assurance that nothing was going to happen when the contract expired, and this expectation was changed? Freenom hasn't been registering domains since Jan 1.

It's seeming a little odd to me that this is catching people with their pants down.

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[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

When's the last time you saw a government sieze a TLD?

[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's highly disengenous, they didn't seize the tld, they own it. They just didn't renew the operator's contract.

[-] Alto@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

.ga earlier this year I believe

[-] SlovenianSocket@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

They didn’t seize it. .ml TLD was contracted for 10 years to some Dutch dude. That contract expired on the 17th

No, the Freenom registrar (the Dutch dude) had a contract to issue .ml domains for 10 years. That expired. Other registrars can register .ml domains without issue, as long as their contracts with the government remain.

this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2023
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