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minus-squareXatolos@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago I’m not in the USA, I am not a US citizen. No reason I should be seeing this while I’m in the EU.
minus-squareeatyourglory@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoLook at the Falkland Islands. It does the exact same thing because the Argentinian government ordered them to. Google maps tries to stay apolitical, by abiding governments, and adding the non-globally recognised name in brackets.
minus-squarenexguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoSubmit a correction. Many people should.
minus-squareDigitalDilemma@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoNor am I, but what’s that got to do with it?
minus-squareXatolos@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThe renaming isn’t internationally recognised, so shouldn’t be shown internationally.
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThere are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of place names that are not internationally recognised around the world.
I’m not in the USA, I am not a US citizen. No reason I should be seeing this while I’m in the EU.
Look at the Falkland Islands. It does the exact same thing because the Argentinian government ordered them to. Google maps tries to stay apolitical, by abiding governments, and adding the non-globally recognised name in brackets.
Submit a correction. Many people should.
Nor am I, but what’s that got to do with it?
The renaming isn’t internationally recognised, so shouldn’t be shown internationally.
There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of place names that are not internationally recognised around the world.