Comment on Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
This is stupid. Google is doing it with their normal process, labeling the USA as a sensitive country in their system and changing the label only for the sensitive snowflakes. So there is no harm to Mexicans in Mexico.
What sort of damages would she assert anyway? That her country suffers in a significant way from a Google Maps label that can only be seen from the sensitive country? How so?
And if it’s a political move what is she hoping to achieve? Google will never cave to the USA before Mexico, they depend more on their US operations than their Mexican ones. So she can’t achieve anything politically. Does she want to draw even more attention to a losing fight? A losing fight over mere symbolism no less? Why?
LorIps@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The Gulf of America label can be seen worldwide as it’s Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Oh, sorry. You’re right. I was wrong on that point. I didn’t realize it showed the sensitive label in parenthesis to others.
I would maintain the rest of the argument though, with the Mexican (and global) point of view being the more prominently displayed, there is no significant harm, and she doesn’t stand to gain anything from pursuing a civil case, nor politically.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s not about harm. It’s about kissing Trump’s ass on something he doesn’t actually get to decide to stay on his good side.
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
I’m not suggesting she should kiss ass, far be it from me. But I still don’t see a good motive for this move. A civil suit is not going to get her anything, she’s just highlighting Trumps symbolic bullshit even more.
And then when the suit either goes against her or goes for her but results in laughibly low compensation because the measureable harm is not significant, then it will look like a confirmation of the power of the convict in chief.