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.

    • Elshar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      17 hours ago

      Nah, they’re a megacorp, you gotta hurt them where it counts - in their bottom line. Make them use their super expensive lawyers to defend this shit. Honestly more people/entities should do this. Even pro se, these corporate lawyers cost these companies literally hundreds of thousands of dollars to go into court. Just imagine how much you could cost them if everyone started suing them for any little thing. Even a response to a lawsuit requires a lawyer, which requires time and effort.

      Its literally the only thing they care about - money. Strongly worded letters and protests aren’t enough. They can ignore those.

      • Dozzi92@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        12 hours ago

        Google is worth more than Mexico. A frivolous lawsuit, which is what this would be, will hurt Mexico more.

        • AJ1English
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          9 hours ago

          have we (the human race) ever been to this point before? where corporations are big enough to absorb whole countries and there’s pretty much nobody who’ll stand up to them?

          • Dozzi92@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 hours ago

            The East India Company is the first example that comes to mind. I’m sure others.

            I really don’t think we are living through unprecedented times, unfortunately. People have sucked for as long as we’ve existed.