Comment on Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 months agoAre you seriously suggesting nothing whatsoever would happen if Google just didn’t update their maps to the new name?
Comment on Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 months agoAre you seriously suggesting nothing whatsoever would happen if Google just didn’t update their maps to the new name?
Stovetop@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m suggesting that if Trump wants to be the one to cross the Rubicon, let Trump be the one to cross it. No need to meet him on the other side first.
In theory yes, Google should face no consequences for publishing an inaccurate map. There’s actually an old tradition of publishing maps with at least 1 inaccuracy in order to catch forgeries, which has never been a legal issue in the US. It shouldn’t be any more controversial than a published document choosing to call Jerusalem “Al-Quds”
In practice, I imagine Trump will throw a tantrum and try to argue that Google doesn’t have the right to say no to him. And if that’s the stance he wants to take, disregarding the constitutional protections that Google ought to have, let his administration waste time and resources arguing that in the courts. If he wins, then we can all stop pretending the constitution means anything, and if he loses, it’s a blow to his ego, resources wasted, and we can turn the focus on other companies to say they have an ethical obligation to change the names back.