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Internet country-code top level domain for Iceland January 2026 ly .is 100px The letters "IS" in red on a transparent background, with the "I" stylized as an "I" on top of a "." property single P571 property single preferred linked P31 Active Yes property single P137 property single P137 91,705 2024-05-16 16 May 2024 Statistics for ccTLD .is https://www.isnic.is/en/tolur isnic.is ISNIC Registry live https://web.archive.org/web/20240516144208/https://www.isnic.is/en/tolur 2024-05-16 2024-05-16 Entities connected with Iceland Very popular in Iceland None Registrations are directly at second level https://www.isnic.is/en/domain/rules.php Domain Rules ISNIC Registry isnic.is 2013-09-22 2024-10-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20241009175657/https://www.isnic.is/en/domain/rules live Icelandic Consumer Agency and/or ISNIC's Board of Appeals .is (dot is) is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Iceland. The country code is derived from the first two letters of Ísland, which is the Icelandic word for Iceland. Registration of .is domains is open to all people and companies without any special restriction. The first .is domain, hi.is, is the domain of is Háskóli Íslands (University of Iceland). It was registered on 11 December 1986, making it one of the earliest ever domain registrations on the Internet.https://isnic.is/is/whois/search?query=hi.is ISNIC Lénaskrá: Leit í rétthafaskrá (WHOIS) isnic.is ISNIC Registry 2019-12-09 2021-11-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20211107055411/https://isnic.is/is/whois/search?query=hi.is live The domain is managed by ISNIC, a private corporation.Myers Steven Lee Hsu Tiffany 9 October 2024 How Iceland Became a Virtual Home for Online Disinformation and Identity Theft https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/business/iceland-online-disinformation-identity-theft.html 2024-10-09 The New York Times 2024-10-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20241009090730/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/business/iceland-online-disinformation-identity-theft.html live According to the McAfee report "Mapping the Mal Web," .is was evaluated as one of the top 10 most secure TLDs in the world in the years 2007 and 2008. https://www.isnic.is/about/isnic.php ISNIC Lénaskrá: Fyrirtækið isnic.is ISNIC Registry 2009-01-09 Icelandic .IS amongst the most secure top level domains in the world. https://web.archive.org/web/20081221084945/http://www.isnic.is/about/isnic.php 2008-12-21 dead 2024 may, there were just over 91,000 .is domains registered. 2016 October, .is domains can be registered for up to five years.https://www.isnic.is/en/news/view?id=449 .is registrations can now be renewed for up to five years isnic.is ISNIC Registry 2017-03-16 2017-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20170316204824/https://www.isnic.is/en/news/view?id=449 live Domain suspensions In April 2013, ISNIC briefly hosted The Pirate Bay's domain ThePirateBay.is.https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-finds-safe-haven-in-iceland-switches-to-is-domain-130425/ Pirate Bay Finds Safe Haven in Iceland, Switches to .IS Domain torrentfreak.com 25 April 2013 2018-02-13 2021-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20210414025424/https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-finds-safe-haven-in-iceland-switches-to-is-domain-130425/ liveLee Timothy B. 23 September 2017 Iceland authorities weighing options after neo-Nazi site registers there Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/neo-nazi-daily-stormer-may-have-found-a-permanent-home-in-iceland/ 2021-05-07 2021-11-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20211107055348/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/neo-nazi-daily-stormer-may-have-found-a-permanent-home-in-iceland/ live In 2014, ISNIC suspended two domains which hosted material produced by the Islamic State, including Khilafah.is. http://www.isnic.is/en/news/view?id=365 Announcement 12 October 2014 2015-01-15 isnic.is ISNIC Registry https://web.archive.org/web/20150128070215/http://www.isnic.is/en/news/view?id=365 2015-01-28 dead In September 2017, ISNIC briefly hosted American neo-Nazi domain dailystormer.is, which had been removed by several domain registries around the world. It was pulled from its .is domain after its publisher did not fulfill the standard procedure of disclosing his address.Blake Andrew The Daily Stormer, neo-Nazi website, loses Icelandic web address in latest domain spat http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/29/daily-stormer-neo-nazi-website-loses-icelandic-web/ 2017-10-01 The Washington Times 29 September 2017 2017-10-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20171001074754/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/29/daily-stormer-neo-nazi-website-loses-icelandic-web/ live In September 2022, ISNIC suspended the .is domain for Kiwi Farms, a controversial internet trolling and harassment forum. Sumarliðadóttir Karlotta Lénum sjaldan lokað á grundvelli innihalds á vef Domains rarely shut down based on website content is https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2022/09/10/lenum_sjaldan_lokad_a_grundvelli_innihalds_a_vef/ 2022-09-10 mbl.is 10 September 2022 2022-09-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20220910144705/https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2022/09/10/lenum_sjaldan_lokad_a_grundvelli_innihalds_a_vef/ live In February 2026, a .is domain hosting leaked personal information about United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers attracted the attention of the Icelandic government, with the police investigating the website and Infrastructure Minister Eyjólfur Ármannsson stating his support for tighter control of .is domains. Hugrún Hannesdóttir Diego February 14, 2026 Vefsíða um ICE-liða á borði lögreglu og ráðherra boðar lagabreytingar Website about ICE agents on the police's desk and minister announces changes to law is https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2026-02-14-vefsida-um-ice-lida-a-bordi-logreglu-og-radherra-bodar-lagabreytingar-466643 February 16, 2026 RÚV https://web.archive.org/web/20260215062810/https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2026-02-14-vefsida-um-ice-lida-a-bordi-logreglu-og-radherra-bodar-lagabreytingar-466643 February 15, 2026 live References External links IANA .is whois information Category:1986 establishments in Iceland Category:Internet properties established in 1986 Category:Country code top-level domains Category:Telecommunications in Iceland Category:Internet in Iceland Category:Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members