The native population were forcibly evicted by the Vogons, urr, I mean the British to make way for a HyperSpace Bypass ... urr... I mean a US military base.

The Chagossian people have been trying to return ever since.

Given the fact that so many people use the .io domain name, surely there is some positive influence the tech community can have in helping the Chagossian people return to their homeland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagossians