It controversially updated the Gulf's name for US users after President Trump ordered it to be changed.

Summary

Google Maps has blocked reviews for the Gulf of Mexico after backlash over renaming it “Gulf of America” for U.S. users, following a Trump executive order.

Critics accused Google of censorship after it removed negative reviews. Google defended the move, citing policies against off-topic content.

Mexico’s President Sheinbaum opposed the change and may take legal action. Apple Maps also adopted the new name.

The controversy adds to concerns over tech companies aligning with Trump, following Meta’s rollback of fact-checking and diversity initiatives.

  • Elvith Ma'for
    48•2 days ago

    Register an OSM account and be the change you want to see in your local map!

    • Flying Squid
      9•2 days ago

      How can I be the change I want to see when I don’t have the information I need in the first place?

      • bitwolfEnglish
        1•1 hour ago

        I only fill things in for places I’ve been or am already familiar with.

        You can also check websites for places. You can get the site from Google Maps, of a web search, and start to fill things in you see missing.

      • Elvith Ma'for
        32•2 days ago

        I don’t mean that you need to enter info there that you don’t have. But - you found a new shop? Cool. Enter it in OSM. Or checking it’s correctly in OSM. Or append their opening hours to the data set or…

        For some easy edits, there’s e.g. the android(?) app StreetComplete which will show „quests“ on OSM in your area to complete datasets. Like „is this street lit?“ „what surface does this road have?“, „are there board walks?“, „what’s this house number here?“, „what’s name of this street?“ and so on.

        You can do such things on an afternoon stroll in your area and it will help you learn your surroundings and discover things.

        • @[email protected]
          4•2 days ago

          I’m in the us and it doesn’t even recognize street names on my city. Labeling buisnesses doesn’t matter.

          • @[email protected]
            38•1 day ago

            I am far to busy to take afternoon strolls.

            Bro, you have 3600 posts and almost 30.000 comments in 1.5 years on this platform, I see you in almost any instance and in countless communities.

            Please, take an afternoon stroll.

            • Flying Squid
              -6•1 day ago

              And it takes me seconds to make them in between searching for the jobs I’ve only been searching for in the last three weeks.

              But sure, count the entire 1.5 years.

              Amazing how people just assume because you can take 30 seconds of time every so often to look at Lemmy, you have all the time in the world. What the fuck else am I supposed to do when I’m taking breaks, stick my finger in my ass?

              • @tomi000
                2•11 hours ago

                If ‘every so often’ is 30s every 60s youd be right.

              • @[email protected]
                9•1 day ago

                You don’t have to explain yourself, I was just poking fun at the discrepancy of “no time for a stroll” and a rather prolific online activity, because a stroll in my definition is also not super time consuming.

                Sorry if I was overstepping or being insulting there, that wasn’t my intention. Just wanted to make some fun of it. I usually appreciate a lot of your input and posts.

                • Flying Squid
                  2•1 day ago

                  Ok, sorry. A couple of other people are legitimately giving me shit for it as if I’m not allowed to take breaks, so I was already a bit flustered.

                  • @[email protected]
                    2•1 day ago

                    I feel you, I had that happen once or twice myself. Reading back I understand how you got there, I phrased it rather aggressively .