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minus-squareXatolos@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up37·12 hours 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-squarenexguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·11 hours agoSubmit a correction. Many people should.
minus-squareeatyourglory@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 hours 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-squareDigitalDilemma@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoNor am I, but what’s that got to do with it?
minus-squareXatolos@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 hours agoThe renaming isn’t internationally recognised, so shouldn’t be shown internationally.
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours 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.
Submit a correction. Many people should.
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.
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.