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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@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.
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@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 they are just magically drawn to fellatio.
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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’s interesting how clueless you are …
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I checked from Ontario today, and it's still Lake Ontario.
Google announced that within the US it won't be shown as Lake Ontario however.
@maya_b @antopatriarca @cliffle what about the Gulf of Mexico, do you see it as "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)" or just one of them? Asking because I'd expect they do the same with the Lake at some point
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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 definitely speaks loudly but unfortunately not enough. I would hope it helps wake up some people around me, but knowing their "It does not effect me" attitude - I doubt it.
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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 Executive orders are not laws.
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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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@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.
@divVerent @antopatriarca @maya_b @cliffle Same for Poland.
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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 Tells me that they see themselves as a part of the US government.
After letting that sink in for a bit, things they do/did now start to make a whole lot more sense.
