Comment on Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.

• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because Google is a US company, and not in a position to tell the US government to take a walk, that’s why.

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  • Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, they are to an extent. The laws of the US are ostensibly supposed to allow citizens to call things whatever they want. If the government wants to throw a hissy fit and say the constitution is meaningless after all, let them do it. At least then we could give up all of the pretense that they are supposed to care about what it says.

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    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      to allow citizens to call things whatever they want.

      I very much doubt that privilege extends to a mapmaker

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      • Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Why wouldn’t it? Google’s just a company, not an arm of the government. At best, maybe there is some sort of accreditation process to have their maps called “authentic” or “accurate” or whatnot, but I’ve never heard of any US law that penalizes the publication of an inaccurate map.

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  • Breve@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tianamen square shows up just fine on Google maps, who is supposedly censoring them?

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      • Breve@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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