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.

  • @Zorque
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    -11 day ago

    This is not a righteous crusade for the downtrodden, you are not defending a moral outrage. It’s a petty school yard slapfight.

    It’s annoying, but it’s not diabolical. No one is functionally harmed by this, they just get a bruised ego.

    On scales of capitalist damages in the world, this barely makes a ripple.