Thousands of .eu websites go down in Brexit-related change

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The original decision to simply cancel all British-held .eu domains was challenged in court
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The original decision to simply cancel all British-held .eu domains was challenged in court

It is the final step in a four-year saga that has gone back and forth over how British .eu domain holders would be treated post-Brexit

Nearly 48,000 .eu websites have been taken offline because British citizens and organisations who own them are no longer allowed to hold those domains following the end of the Brexit transition per...

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