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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Completely arbitrary trolling".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Following whatever is the official version of country names and even country borders based on user location has been the thing for many years now. Google probably doesn’t care and doesn’t make the exception for the US.