Scotland Gains Independence... Online

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This week, the Scottish government shifted its internet domain from "scotland.gov.uk" to "gov.scot", thus showing its independence spirit, at least online.

After the result of last year’s referendum that kept Scotland as a part of the UK, however, the country has at least managed to declare its independence online, by changing its government’s domain from “scotland.gov.uk” to “gov.scot”, Le Monde reports.

I believe perhaps more strongly than I ever have that we will be independent… But that will only happen when a majority of our fellow citizens vote for that in a referendum so our task remains as it has always been, not to impose our will, not to berate those who disagree with us, but to persuade, Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon said at an SNP conference. - Sputnik International
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The idea to change the internet domain goes back to 2012, when then First Minister Alex Salmond predicted the change of domain would help the country to gain its independence.

“Scotland is well on the road to independence, and it looks like we will soon be independent in cyberspace too — the dotScot domain name will be a great boost in promoting Scotland around the globe.” – Salmond was quoted as saying.

According to the Scottish government, over 8,000 companies and organizations are already using the new domain.

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