It's interesting that Google's compliance with non-law government directives regarding the names of bodies of water is so blazingly fast, because, they say, it's their responsibility under the law and they're just following orders...
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it's almost like they're daring Canada and Canadians to abandon and boycott their plattorm
@maya_b @cliffle They think that if they show Canada "Lake Ontario" they will be OK, ignoring that Trump's approval rating is down to 30% and most Americans will think they are pathetic wimps for going along with this. New York State and the city of Rochester have officially rejected the change, so no one bordering the lake wants this shit.
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It's interesting that Google's compliance with non-law government directives regarding the names of bodies of water is so blazingly fast, because, they say, it's their responsibility under the law and they're just following orders...
...and yet their compliance with laws regarding labor rights, collective bargaining, sexual harrassment, and workforce diversity was and is glacial, despite being actual laws.
Every response is a choice.
@cliffle it is a choice, until corporations declare themselves nation states who don't have to abide by the government they operate in.
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It's interesting that Google's compliance with non-law government directives regarding the names of bodies of water is so blazingly fast, because, they say, it's their responsibility under the law and they're just following orders...
...and yet their compliance with laws regarding labor rights, collective bargaining, sexual harrassment, and workforce diversity was and is glacial, despite being actual laws.
Every response is a choice.
@cliffle Check how fast USGS NGIS altered the name. That's where Google gets the names from for maps displayed for US users.
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@cliffle I got rid of Google Maps today. I believe this was the final nail in the coffin for my decades long year relationship with Google. Now to explore the options...
@zerodowntime @cliffle , never had the app because…well…because it’s Google.
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It's interesting that Google's compliance with non-law government directives regarding the names of bodies of water is so blazingly fast, because, they say, it's their responsibility under the law and they're just following orders...
...and yet their compliance with laws regarding labor rights, collective bargaining, sexual harrassment, and workforce diversity was and is glacial, despite being actual laws.
Every response is a choice.
@cliffle Who specifically said they are doing it because they're following orders?
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@cliffle Check how fast USGS NGIS altered the name. That's where Google gets the names from for maps displayed for US users.
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It's interesting that Google's compliance with non-law government directives regarding the names of bodies of water is so blazingly fast, because, they say, it's their responsibility under the law and they're just following orders...
...and yet their compliance with laws regarding labor rights, collective bargaining, sexual harrassment, and workforce diversity was and is glacial, despite being actual laws.
Every response is a choice.
@cliffle didn’t Google still have that report an error thing for maps? We know what to do then.
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it's almost like they're daring Canada and Canadians to abandon and boycott their plattorm
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It's interesting that Google's compliance with non-law government directives regarding the names of bodies of water is so blazingly fast, because, they say, it's their responsibility under the law and they're just following orders...
...and yet their compliance with laws regarding labor rights, collective bargaining, sexual harrassment, and workforce diversity was and is glacial, despite being actual laws.
Every response is a choice.
@cliffle The choice is "join the illegal fascist regime to make more money".
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@antopatriarca @maya_b @cliffle Google implemented this non law so well that some Canadian government sites didn't show Lake Ontario any more.
https://hsnl.social/@eloy/117187268076254760
Google compliance to actual law is, like always, glacial.
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It's interesting that Google's compliance with non-law government directives regarding the names of bodies of water is so blazingly fast, because, they say, it's their responsibility under the law and they're just following orders...
...and yet their compliance with laws regarding labor rights, collective bargaining, sexual harrassment, and workforce diversity was and is glacial, despite being actual laws.
Every response is a choice.
Everything Google does is intended to curry the favor of oil oligarchs, petrostate despots, and their financiers.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/billionaire-hohn-more-google-layoffs-17736530.php
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/07/heres-a-look-at-who.html
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/wall-street-mbs-saudi-al-rumayyan/
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-investment-in-uber-brought-saudi-prince-to-silicon-valley-2020-9
https://fortune.com/2024/01/08/amazon-microsoft-google-opening-saudi-arabia-hqs/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/politics/trump-saudi-business-lunch-musk-altman.html
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@antopatriarca @maya_b @cliffle Germany sees "Lake Ontario (Lake America)". Not sure which other countries are affected how.
I presume it will be consistent with the Gulf of Mexico.
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Oh, GOOGLE - an executive order is NOT a law that YOU must obey. It's an order for the executive branch to follow unless it's not allowed by law. It's YOUR CHOICE to kowtow to this nonsense.
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Everything Google does is intended to curry the favor of oil oligarchs, petrostate despots, and their financiers.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/billionaire-hohn-more-google-layoffs-17736530.php
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/07/heres-a-look-at-who.html
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/wall-street-mbs-saudi-al-rumayyan/
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-investment-in-uber-brought-saudi-prince-to-silicon-valley-2020-9
https://fortune.com/2024/01/08/amazon-microsoft-google-opening-saudi-arabia-hqs/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/politics/trump-saudi-business-lunch-musk-altman.html
@Npars01 @cliffle And an older one: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/google-apple-remove-navalny-app-stores-russian-elections-begin-2021-09-17/
Yes, even Putin.
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It's interesting that Google's compliance with non-law government directives regarding the names of bodies of water is so blazingly fast, because, they say, it's their responsibility under the law and they're just following orders...
...and yet their compliance with laws regarding labor rights, collective bargaining, sexual harrassment, and workforce diversity was and is glacial, despite being actual laws.
Every response is a choice.
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@Npars01 @cliffle And an older one: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/google-apple-remove-navalny-app-stores-russian-elections-begin-2021-09-17/
Yes, even Putin.
Google sides with authoritarians, always
Saudi Arabia
https://www.newsweek.com/what-absher-google-approved-saudi-government-app-tracks-women-1350005China
https://theintercept.com/2018/08/01/google-china-search-engine-censorship/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/02/google-working-on-censored-search-engine-for-china
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49015516
https://qz.com/moonshot-ai-kimi-k3-revenue-sharing-microsoft-amazon-google-082626
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48262148
Orban
https://kyivindependent.com/orbans-party-biggest-spenders-of-google-advertising-in-eu/ -
@divVerent @tknarr @cliffle The German government also runs a place name system (BKG). Does it choose a different name that Maps ignores? If so, that might be worth complaining about.
My point is really that people should first learn how the systems work before posting rants about them.
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It's interesting that Google's compliance with non-law government directives regarding the names of bodies of water is so blazingly fast, because, they say, it's their responsibility under the law and they're just following orders...
...and yet their compliance with laws regarding labor rights, collective bargaining, sexual harrassment, and workforce diversity was and is glacial, despite being actual laws.
Every response is a choice.
@cliffle
Here in Australia, I see:
Lake Ontario
Gulf Of Mexico (Gulf Of America) -
It's interesting that Google's compliance with non-law government directives regarding the names of bodies of water is so blazingly fast, because, they say, it's their responsibility under the law and they're just following orders...
...and yet their compliance with laws regarding labor rights, collective bargaining, sexual harrassment, and workforce diversity was and is glacial, despite being actual laws.
Every response is a choice.
Google is gonzo for me. Finally ditched it today. Fuck them.
