The .io top-level domain funds and legitimises Britain's exile of the Chagossian people from their homeland. Here's the history and the facts.

This story really got my blood boiling. CW: involves a forced expulsion of people

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Good grief.

Like reading 10 pages that Milkshake duck is racist.

Agreed that it could use an executive summary, but I appreciated driving in to the history.

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