Faster Forward: Libya shutdown raises questions about bit.ly, security of foreign dom

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A secondary story has come out of the events in Libya, affecting users in a way few people have ever thought about. The top-level domain .ly, used by the popular URL-shortening site bit.ly and others, is the TLD of Libya. As Libya has intermittently shut down its Internet access in a curfew-like ...

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