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Mexico asks Google to reject U.S. renaming of the Gulf of Mexico. (for this community, why is Google the defacto authority here?) (www.thecentersquare.com)

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote a letter asking Google to reject the U.S. decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on its mapping service.

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[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

If it's the same as the policy described here for Google Earth, then I think all English language speakers may get the change.

Of course, the policy also says this, so maybe it's not relevant afterall:

By saying "common", we mean to include names which are in widespread daily use, rather than giving immediate recognition to any arbitrary governmental re-naming. In other words, if a ruler announced that henceforth the Pacific Ocean would be named after her mother, we would not add that placemark unless and until the name came into common usage.