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Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates (www.cnbc.com)

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Two reasons. Firstly, it's the principle of the thing - fuck Google for sucking up to Orange Shitler. Secondly, because somebody, somewhere in Google gets to deal with the endless reporting - even if all that reaction is is to have to write a script to auto-ignore that exact thing because it keeps popping up and there's nothing they can do to stop it.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Why would Google make an exception to their global policy? Is it because America is special?