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The Internet Computer Bureau is an Internet top-level domain custodian based in the United Kingdom, which since 2017 has been a subsidiary of Afilias, a United States corporation. The custodian is responsible for maintaining the .io, .sh, and .ac country code top level domains.[1]

The company was established in 1996 as Internet Computer Bureau plc, and became a private limited company in 2004.[2]

Embroiled in controversy around its involvement in registration of .io domains associated with the Diego Garcia military base following the Expulsion of the Chagossian population,[3] ICB was sold by Paul Kane to Afilias for $70 million in April 2017.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Internet Computer Bureau - UK / USA / Japan". icb.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Internet Computer Bureau Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. ^ Meyer, David (20 June 2014). "The dark side of .io: How the U.K. is making web domain profits from a shady Cold War land deal". Gigaom. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. ^ Murphy, Kevin (9 November 2018). "Afilias bought .io for $70 million". Domain Incite. Retrieved 13 August 2020.


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