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paulcole 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Maps now shows the 'Gulf of America'

> If not, is this correct following USA law?

Why wouldn’t it be? What’s stopping them from calling it Gulf of Google if they want to?

Trump isn’t forcing Google to do anything. They use a database for their place names and use what is in that database.

xattt 4 months ago [–]

The assumption is there’s a global body that registers place names and regional borders that Google would vet against.

hiatus 4 months ago | [–]

There is not. See the whole Taiwan thing.

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