Summary
Google has reclassified the U.S. as a “sensitive country” following Trump’s announcement to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” and Mount Denali as Mount McKinley.
The designation, typically reserved for nations with border disputes or strict governments, reflects the growing challenges tech companies face under Trump’s second term.
Google Maps has prioritized updating these name changes, treating them similarly to disputed regions like the Persian Gulf.
The reclassification may impact how Google handles U.S. geographic labels moving forward.
Meanwhile, Google Maps shows Gulf of America now… So, take it with a grain of crack.
It only does it in the country, as a Canadian I still see gulf of Mexico.
That’s the whole point of this sensitive designation
I am in the US and still see Gulf of Mexico.
I would actually love if for the next 4 years they just got busy only remaining places on map and nothing else.
Sadly much more damaging stuff is happening and this is just another distraction.
Renaming shit on maps is part of erasing that a people ever existed there at all. The towns in Poland my family came from aren’t on any maps any more. Their names exist only in stories passed down to me, and to a few people who also received them still living where those towns used to be. That I didn’t even know for 33 years where to find the towns in my great great grandmother’s stories was exactly the aim of the ethnic cleansing that brought her here.
I get that it seems silly and ridiculous and like a big distraction to a lot of people, and on some level, yes, that is the point of renaming shit on maps when you’re just going to do the killings anyway, but also… The point is the killings, and when a big authoritarian dickhead shows up saying he wants to rename shit on a map? Freak the fuck out. This dude plans to kill.
It’s funny how people think it will be 4 years. This shit will not be over in 4 years.
Republicans are already proposing removing the term limit on presidents, while somehow claiming that won’t allow Obama to run again.
Pourquoi n’est-il pas correctement étiqueté? C’est le Golfe du Québec!
If the Bloc runs on that platform, I’d vote for them from Ontario.
Hilarious … Google has placed baby bumpers for Americans on Google Maps
Careful sweetie, you might hurt yourself
I live in the US in a very red state and mine still shows “Gulf of Mexico”
That DOES seem to make keeping up with the news more fun 🤔
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I threw out my phone and started climbing up the side of the building
(For anyone curious, I just did this, and it still shows as Gulf of Mexico for me)
Only for the United States, I still see “Gulf of Mexico” in Australia
I’m in the US and just updated Google Maps and it still shows the correct name.
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They’re only going to show that in the US.
Thw rest of the world will still see the original and internationally agreed on name.
If it was an internal waterway, the Americans could rename it whatever they want and everyone else would happily go along with it.
But, since the Gulf of Mexico is partially international waters, and since it has shores on multiple other countries, the US doesn’t get to unilaterally decide what everyone else calls it.
It’s still correctly labeled as Gulf of Mexico on my Google maps