Politically Correct Maps

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No matter whose politics.

“Google Maps blocks Gulf of America reviews after rename criticism.”

So, Google changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico. It’s not the first time they made a geographical name change to accommodates someone’s politics. On Google Maps, the country of Tibet is just a borderless ghost of an empty space. The Chinese Communist Party wants it that way: on Google’s maps and in reality. On Google Maps, the Crimea has a dotted line surrounding it as if it were an entity that was never part of Ukraine and is not a part of Russia. I guess they’re waiting to see who wins the war. I can’t imagine how the cowardly nerds at Google have defined the borders in the Himalayan region of Pakistan and India. Maybe there aren’t any. It’s hard to tell.

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