Brexit and .fr domain names
Since the UK is no longer a member of the EU, from 1 January UK residents are no longer eligible for the .fr TLD or any of the other TLDs managed by Afnic. As to those holders of domain names registered before 1 January 2021 and resident in the UK, they can keep the domain name, renew it and transfer it to an eligible new ...
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A fire at a French cloud services firm has caused 3.6 million websites to be taken offline. According to internet monitors, the most affected country code top-level domain (ccTLD) was .fr, "which had 184,000 knocked-out websites spread across 59,600 distinct domain names —these account for 1.9% of all .fr domains in the world."
After Brexit: 81,000 UK-owned .eu domains suspended
Eurid, the registry manager of .eu domain names, has suspended .eu domain names registered by UK citizens as a result of Brexit. EU regulations stipulate that .eu websites cannot be allocated to non-EU citizens who are residing in a country that is not a member state. The UK owners now have to prove their right to run a .eu domain, which ...
New Rules for .AU Domain Names to Launch on 12 April 2021
Domain names that are registered or renewed will be subject to the updated eligibility criteria, including the criteria to have an ‘Australian’ presence.