Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps | Common Dreams
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Mexican President urges Google to reconsider renaming the Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' on its maps feature at Trump's demand, and threatens legal action.

The president of Mexico on Thursday expressed hope that Google “reconsiders” its decision to change its online maps to reflect U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that he has the authority to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.

Shortly after taking office, Trump issued an executive order announcing he was changing the name of the body of water to the Gulf of America.

For U.S. users of Google Maps, the gulf was listed as the Gulf of America as of Thursday. Google, whose CEO attended Trump’s inauguration along with other tech moguls, said last month it has “a long-standing practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.”

But Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum warned Thursday that her government “will file a civil suit” against Google if it does not revert back to labeling the international body of water the Gulf of Mexico.

    • cotlovan@lemm.eeEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Trump said on the “day one” he referred to, he would use his presidential powers to close the southern border with Mexico

      That’s from article you linked. Maybe read the content of the articles you link to, not just the headlines.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 days ago

        I read it. How does that mean he didn’t literally say he would be a dictator if elected? That was one of the examples he gave of how he would be a dictator.

        • cotlovan@lemm.eeEnglish
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          6 days ago

          He said “for one day, in order to secure the border with Mexico”. Let’s completely ignore that and run with the headline that supports your view, right?

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            6 days ago

            I did the exact opposite of completely ignoring it. I literally said, “that was one of the examples he gave of how he would be a dictator.”

            Weird to accuse me of ignoring something I addressed directly. I’m not sure what you hoped to achieve.

            • cotlovan@lemm.eeEnglish
              14·
              6 days ago

              Dude, you are taking words out of context, you aren’t addressing anything. You read the word “dictator”, saw red in front of your eyes and ran with it.

              • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                6 days ago

                Sorry, I’m not ready to move past you accusing me of ignoring something I addressed directly. Why did you do that?

                • cotlovan@lemm.eeEnglish
                  14·
                  6 days ago

                  I’m sorry you’re not ready to accept that you’re stuck on one word, ignoring the rest of the sentence. Just because you claim you addressed it, doesn’t mean you really did.

                  You’re asking why did I point that? Welp, because you lied by ommission.