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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates

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Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago
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In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government's lead in changing the names on its Maps app.
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      If this was a different admin, it was an international agreement and the name change was to refer to the continent, I’d be on board. As it stands, this looks like the sort of BS power play the CCP does with the South China Sea.

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      Most of them can’t even place their own damn country on a map.

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