Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.
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Tianamen square shows up just fine on Google maps, who is supposedly censoring them?
Travel to Beijing, open up Google search, and see if it gives you any historically accurate results about what happened there.
I'm serious, it sounds like you could use a lesson in freedom and the world outside your country.
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Why bother with this? If you want to make a point, pass regulation in Mexico to call E.E.U.U. (US in Mexico) be called Northern Mexico. Then Google is forced to comply on that territory like they claim they do for disputed sections when maps are viewed from that region. It would make for some funny reactions from people visiting Cancun or Puerto Vallarta.
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US policy doesn't get to dictate how websites operate in non US jurisdiction. The US acting like it gets to bully the rest world into doing whatever it wants is the whole issue at hand. That's the point: the trump admin wants to use US influence to intimidate, bully, and antagonize other countries by disrespecting their sovereignty.
US policy doesn’t get to dictate how websites operate in non US jurisdiction
It shows gulf of Mexico outside of the US
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I can see Google (and Apple) quietly paying this fine and changing it for Mexico (and any other jurisdiction that asks).
This is stupid and cowardly of them, but that aside, the implication is 100% “comply, or the US government will make life difficult for Google.” I can see how they’re stuck between a rock and a hard place.
It already does
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US policy doesn't get to dictate how websites operate in non US jurisdiction. The US acting like it gets to bully the rest world into doing whatever it wants is the whole issue at hand. That's the point: the trump admin wants to use US influence to intimidate, bully, and antagonize other countries by disrespecting their sovereignty.
yes, i agree. but look at the link i posted. they still show it as gulf of mexico if you're in mexico accessing maps.
my point is more that the US has changed the name of the gulf in america. it is very stupid and meaningless, but it is still officially renamed.
if i look at japan in google maps it says japan, not nipon. why? because that's what we call it here. i personally think thats dumb too. we should call countries things by their real names. deutschland, bharat, suomi, etc
nevertheless the gulf is called the gulf of america here, no matter how dumb that is.
i seriously doubt google, who is under active investigation for monopoly and being threatened to be broken up, AND, recently lifted its ban on using its ai in weapons, is interested in keeping the old name of the gulf in protest against trump.
again, i think this entire situation is stupid, and would prefer everyone call it the gulf of mexico, but i also don't think google specifically is doing anything wrong here.
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East? It's east of Alaska...
Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska with gps coordinates 51°57′42″N 179°46′23″E – easternmost point in all U.S. territory by longitude.
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Again, this is one of the dumbest fucking wastes of money I've ever seen. Waste of labor from the top down. Waste of resources. This is purely a pride move. It's the gulf of Mexico and always has been. There are American songs about the gulf of Mexico. It's history. I have said it before and I'll say it again, I fucking hate this timeline. This shit is wild. This stuff now days is a mockery of our world.
Look we're wasting our hard earned tax payer money on crazy fraudulent things like science, education, weather, feeding children, helping the poor, medicine... Dumb things like that. And you're gonna tell me that changing the name of a body of water to include the greatest God damn country in America is a waste? Next thing you know you're gonna stand there and tell me that poor people should be able to afford a hospital visit.
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Save your old maps for when this shit has to be reversed in 4 years unless the voters elect another republican troglodyte.
I hope they're so screwed over and see no real progress come next election because many are being affected, that's for sure. They'll reap the shittier half of what they sowed.
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I'm thinking that there was a reason for the change; drilling for oil was blocked in the Gulf of Mexico.
There are 3200 active wells in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Putin and Trump are best friends so you might expect Russia to follow. But perhaps Putin wants to show he's the dominant one in said relationship.
I don't think Russians want to follow the US at every move. At least, they only seem to do it at their convenience.
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I hope they're so screwed over and see no real progress come next election because many are being affected, that's for sure. They'll reap the shittier half of what they sowed.
I used to be a "let's find some mutual understanding" guy but now that they've dumped this disaster on the nation I have no sympathy for them. Lost your healthcare? Cuts in services? Sucks to be you...
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I just do not understand what the big deal is about the name of this fucking thing. I understand trump trying to change it out of nowhere is dumb as fuck, but who cares? why go through the stress? Like just rename it something without a countries name in it. Like the Gulf of Jeff or something. Nobodies butthurt about this shit that don’t matter then.
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It is labeled Gulf of Mexico in Mexico and the name doesn't mean they own it. This is almost as ridiculous as calling it Gulf of America in the first place
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Maybe this is the thing that finally unites the cartels.
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East? It's east of Alaska...
I'd like to say I did that on purpose to show how dumb they'd be renaming it, but it is I who can't remember my East and West
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I just do not understand what the big deal is about the name of this fucking thing. I understand trump trying to change it out of nowhere is dumb as fuck, but who cares? why go through the stress? Like just rename it something without a countries name in it. Like the Gulf of Jeff or something. Nobodies butthurt about this shit that don’t matter then.
The leading theory over this seems to be they're trying to invalidate a bunch of international/national agreements about the gulf of Mexico because now "that doesn't exist", or is not about this gulf that has a different name so definitely not the one from agreement. And of course there's also things about doing everything at once and getting people distracted by these while sneaking in harmful policies.
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Why bother with this? If you want to make a point, pass regulation in Mexico to call E.E.U.U. (US in Mexico) be called Northern Mexico. Then Google is forced to comply on that territory like they claim they do for disputed sections when maps are viewed from that region. It would make for some funny reactions from people visiting Cancun or Puerto Vallarta.
TIL…
The abbreviation E.E.U.U. (often written as EE. UU.) stands for Estados Unidos (United States) in Spanish. This abbreviation follows a grammatical rule in Spanish where doubling the initial letters of each word indicates plurality
So you taught me something today I did not know. Thank you!!
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The leading theory over this seems to be they're trying to invalidate a bunch of international/national agreements about the gulf of Mexico because now "that doesn't exist", or is not about this gulf that has a different name so definitely not the one from agreement. And of course there's also things about doing everything at once and getting people distracted by these while sneaking in harmful policies.
I assumed it was the second one, but the first one there also sounds plausible.
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Save your old maps for when this shit has to be reversed in 4 years unless the voters elect another republican troglodyte.
Hey! What did I ever do to you?
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Don’t “threaten”. Any asshole can make a threat. GO AHEAD AND DO IT.
Yes, Mexico. Attack them with your air force.
