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Earlier this month, when Donald Trump called for renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” it was fair to assume he was just trying to grab headlines in his own bizarre way. But then on his first day in office, he signed an executive order making it official. And now Google is bending the knee.
On Monday, the tech giant announced its Google Maps service would use “Gulf of America” for users in the U.S.. However, users in Mexico will see “Gulf of Mexico,” and the rest of its 1 billion monthly users will see both names.
“When official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name,” Google posted on X. “Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names.”
This isn’t the first time Big Tech has sided with Trump since his victory in last November’s presidential election.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/28/2299764/-Google-s-latest-move-to-appease-Trump-will-hit-your-maps-soon

GreenWave
(10,319 posts)What's next? Rename St. Petersburg, FL to Leningrad, Fl. to placate Putin?
struggle4progress
(121,611 posts)Rstrstx
(1,580 posts)I think the real purpose of the re-naming is for virtue signaling, sort of like “Democrat Party”