It controversially updated the Gulf's name for US users after President Trump ordered it to be changed.

Summary

Google Maps has blocked reviews for the Gulf of Mexico after backlash over renaming it “Gulf of America” for U.S. users, following a Trump executive order.

Critics accused Google of censorship after it removed negative reviews. Google defended the move, citing policies against off-topic content.

Mexico’s President Sheinbaum opposed the change and may take legal action. Apple Maps also adopted the new name.

The controversy adds to concerns over tech companies aligning with Trump, following Meta’s rollback of fact-checking and diversity initiatives.

  • cows_are_underrated@feddit.org
    111·
    4 days ago

    Always remember: Fascism is a feature of capitalism. In desperate times capitalism pushes facism.

    Also capitalists are always gone be happy to work with fascists, because it gives them more power and money.

    • rocket_dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      21·
      3 days ago

      Fascism is a feature of being human.

      Self-described communists can also fall very easy into fascism; remember the Soviets were friendly with the Nazis while they both launched imperial expansionist campaigns across Eastern Europe and split Poland between each other. Hitler and Stalin found common ground in being “anti- Western capitalism”. Some historians call the USSR the “red fascists”.

      I think real, global communism will be the solution to fascism. It will require the overthrow of all capitalist systems.