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Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps. (www.commondreams.org)

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The president of Mexico on Thursday expressed hope that Google "reconsiders" its decision to change its online maps to reflect U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that he has the authority to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.

Shortly after taking office, Trump issued an executive order announcing he was changing the name of the body of water to the Gulf of America.

For U.S. users of Google Maps, the gulf was listed as the Gulf of America as of Thursday. Google, whose CEO attended Trump's inauguration along with other tech moguls, said last month it has "a long-standing practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources."

But Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum warned Thursday that her government "will file a civil suit" against Google if it does not revert back to labeling the international body of water the Gulf of Mexico.

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[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Come on, guys. You have drug cartels. Surely they have a guy named Luigi. Doesn't Trump want to declare war on Mexico or some insane shit like that?

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[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (11 children)

It's a US company following US policy as it's a contract holder for the US Government they're compelled to follow US policy. Whether anyone likes it or not, at least for right now, US policy is that the Gulf of Mexico for all intents and purposes is the Gulf of America.

President Sheinbaum can sue Google all she wants, but there's no court that's going to find that a US company complying with US policy is breaking the law.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

So you are gonna have to provide a source explaining how the president using an executive order to rename international water is "policy" that Google must follow.

They you'll have to explain why I, as a Canadian, have to see this stupid renaming in parentheses.

If the US truely doesn't have a system beyond "once the president orders it, it's renamed." That's their problem but I don't give a fuck what they call things and I don't know why google thinks I should.

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