Mastodon instance Queer.af is shutting down because the country that provides the domain is now ruled by the Taliban.

When registering a country code domain, keep in mind where the domain is being registered. A shift in government or geopolitics can have serious consequences.

  • Blaze@discuss.onlineEnglish
    105·
    10 months ago

    That’s an old story, and if I remember correctly the title was misleading, it was more of a decision of the instance admins to not renew it rather than the Taliban having anything to do with it

    • Sean Tilley@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      46·
      10 months ago

      Yeah, they didn’t want their money going to the Taliban, and it’s a little shaky as to whether the Taliban’s Ministry of IT would take a stricter content enforcement on their ccTLD. For a while, it was only possible to renew domains, not buy new ones.

      Still, I stuck with the title because the Taliban is still the reason.

    • spujb@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      12·
      10 months ago

      the misleading title you are remembering was closer to “queer.af is shutting down, killed by the taliban”