Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps | Common Dreams
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Mexican President urges Google to reconsider renaming the Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' on its maps feature at Trump's demand, and threatens legal action.

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.

  • LemminaryEnglish
    13•7 days ago

    I hope they’re so screwed over and see no real progress come next election because many are being affected, that’s for sure. They’ll reap the shittier half of what they sowed.

    • @SocialMediaRefugeeEnglish
      15•7 days ago

      I used to be a “let’s find some mutual understanding” guy but now that they’ve dumped this disaster on the nation I have no sympathy for them. Lost your healthcare? Cuts in services? Sucks to be you…

      • Echo DotEnglish
        6•7 days ago

        Apparently a lot of them are losing their farms. Which tells me that the US had too many farms.

    • @[email protected]English
      11•7 days ago

      Thing is, the next MAGA/QAnon nutter will just tell people that it’s the lib’s fault and they will eat it up and vote for the next unhinged, cleptocratic sociopath. Or maybe by then the US will have gone full Russia and just openly manipulate the elections