[indolering]

Montenegro (.me) seems to be aligned with the EU. But I would have expected there to see a legal ruling in France before Montenegro would do this sort of thing.

I wouldn't be surprised if GoDaddy caved to request. They are known for giving up domains to anyone with a badge and a fax machine!

[dylan604]

Is the badge really that much of a requirement? I mean, if you have a fax machine, you must be a legit source to make that request.

[inigyou]

serverHold status means registry, not registrar, hold - the relevant protocol (not WHOIS) has the registry as the server, as you'd expect. But you are right about GoDaddy and they are a strange choice.

[KomoD]

Yep.

clientHold = registrar (GoDaddy)

serverHold = registry (Montenegrin Registry)

[orbital-decay]

IIRC Telegram has some kind of direct partnership with .me registry. I wonder if it's related