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Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps (www.usatoday.com)
submitted 6 months ago by sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org to c/actually_infuriating@lemmy.world
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Way to crumple like a Kleenex there, Google. ๐Ÿ™„

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[โ€“] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

I'm not sure why you all seem to expect a mapmaker to take a moral stand on something, their product reflects the new name of the place.

Outside of the US, it shows up as Gulf of Mexico (gulf of America).

Get angry at the government, they changed the name.