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Re:A tiny island nation just launched major effort to win ba... by mike_d on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @01:55PM (#25446746)
It wasn't until the Second Civil War in 2014 that all the cool internet kids realized bit.ly and others were financially subsidizing the Libyan government and that a likely change of government could make their startup disappear overnight.
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Re:A tiny island nation just launched major effort to win ba... by nindalf on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @03:50PM (#25448433)
“Financially subsidising” to the tune of a few hundred dollars a year? For a petro state that earned billions in revenue from oil and gas?

There’s no need for the subtle condescension here - “cool internet kids”.

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Re:A tiny island nation just launched major effort to win ba... by mike_d on Friday December 18, 2020 @03:26AM (#25465029)
From 2011 to 2020 anyone with a .ly domain was doing so in violation of federal law per Executive Order 13566: "...the Government of Libya, its agencies, instrumentalities, and controlled entities, and the Central Bank of Libya, [...] may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in pursuant to the order."
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