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Internet News · 06-10-10, 07:40 PM

Link shortening services which use the domain .ly, such as bit.ly, could potentially be under threat from the Libyan authorities.That’s because .ly is actually the official domain extension for Libya, and the Libyan government has suddenly taken a closer interest in who’s using it.The vb.ly URL shortening service was tootling along fine as an adult [...]

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Internet News Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,747 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 9 Posts	Libyan government pulls vb.ly URL shortening service Link shortening services which use the domain .ly, such as bit.ly, could potentially be under threat from the Libyan authorities.That’s because .ly is actually the official domain extension for Libya, and the Libyan government has suddenly taken a closer interest in who’s using it.The vb.ly URL shortening service was tootling along fine as an adult [...] More: Libyan government pulls vb.ly URL shortening service