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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.

  • @JustARaccoonEnglish
    1•4 days ago

    That’s literally what I said my dude, you’re just arguing semantics over the use of “renaming”

    • @[email protected]English
      -2•4 days ago

      It’s not at all what you just said. Because it’s not renaming.

      I honestly don’t know how to make this any simpler to digest for you. The EO changes the way the Gulf of Mexico is referenced in official correspondence for the Federal Government. It does not change the name for anyone but the federal government. That’s not the same as renaming it. The US doesn’t own it and can’t rename it.

      Google is a Government contractor and is required to follow US policy to keep those contracts, which is why they’ve also changed it…

      Truly I can’t make it any simpler.

      It would be the same as if Congress passed memorandum changing the name of China to “Teddybear Land.” It doesn’t ipso facto change the name of China for the entire world–but instead when the federal government references China, instead of using the word China they’d use “Teddybear Land.”

      It’s semantics and I cannot for the life of me understand why people are having an issue digesting what’s going on.

      • @JustARaccoonEnglish
        2•4 days ago

        I said it renames the part the US controls, this argument of renaming the entire thing is a figment of your imagination, or you’re replying to the wrong message. Replace “renamed” with “named” in my sentence and then you have no leg to stand on. Your example is stupid, china is not “a part the US controls”, please do not engage in replying to my comments if you’re just going to strawman me.

        • @[email protected]English
          -1•4 days ago

          I said it renames the part the US controls

          Okay, and yet again (and for the last time) this is incorrect. It doesn’t rename anything.