Friday, 30 July 2021, 2:15 pm
A consumer group and a human rights group joined forces
today to file a complaint
with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) detailing consumer and human rights harms
committed by Afilias Ltd, the manager of popular
cryptocurrency and tech domain .IO. The filing marks the
first time OECD jurisdiction has been invoked in a digital
dispute involving cryptocurrency.
British Indian
Ocean Territory is best known for the secretive US naval
base on Diego Garcia Island and the top level domain .IO
which is popular with crypto asset platforms, cryptocurrency
casinos and technology companies including top ten