Libya Government Shuts Down Vb.ly. Are Bit.ly, Ow.ly or Smel.ly Next?
Ben Metcalfe blogged out a warning after his domain Vb.ly was shut down by NIC.ly. He gave the reason "because the content of our website, in their opinion, fell outside of Libyan Islamic/Sharia Law."
This, with a number of other factors, was enough for Metcalfe to state that the ".ly domain space should be considered unsafe" and that other sites, like bit.ly and ow.ly, should be forewarned.