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  3. 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...

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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  • cliffle@hachyderm.ioC cliffle@hachyderm.io

    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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    #27

    @cliffle

    "don't be evil"
    [follows dictates of a rapist]

    Google needs to be emptied out.

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    • divverent@social.vivaldi.netD divverent@social.vivaldi.net

      @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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      #28

      @divVerent @cliffle

      Google sides with authoritarians, always

      Saudi Arabia
      https://www.newsweek.com/what-absher-google-approved-saudi-government-app-tracks-women-1350005

      https://english.aawsat.com/technology/4500261-over-26m-electronic-transactions-carried-out-through-saudi-arabias-absher

      China
      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://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/chinas-moonshot-talks-with-microsoft-amazon-google-over-k3-revenue-sharing-2026-08-26/

      https://qz.com/moonshot-ai-kimi-k3-revenue-sharing-microsoft-amazon-google-082626

      Russia
      https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/15/google-helped-facilitate-russia-china-censorship-requests

      https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48262148

      https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/01/02/top-google-exec-pushed-company-commit-human-rights-then-google-pushed-him-out-he-says/

      Orban
      https://kyivindependent.com/orbans-party-biggest-spenders-of-google-advertising-in-eu/

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      • divverent@social.vivaldi.netD divverent@social.vivaldi.net

        @j2kun @tknarr @cliffle Pretty sure the USGS NGIS does not say which name to show in Germany?

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        #29

        @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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        • cliffle@hachyderm.ioC cliffle@hachyderm.io

          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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          #30

          @cliffle
          Here in Australia, I see:
          Lake Ontario
          Gulf Of Mexico (Gulf Of America)

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          • cliffle@hachyderm.ioC cliffle@hachyderm.io

            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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            #31

            @cliffle

            Google is gonzo for me. Finally ditched it today. Fuck them.

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            • j2kun@mathstodon.xyzJ j2kun@mathstodon.xyz

              @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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              #32

              @j2kun @tknarr @cliffle The BKG seems to return "Ontariosee" and "Lake Ontario", depending on which of its APIs one uses.

              To some extent, the BKG reuses data from OpenStreetMap, BTW.

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              • cliffle@hachyderm.ioC cliffle@hachyderm.io

                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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                #33

                @cliffle they are just magically drawn to fellatio.

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                • cliffle@hachyderm.ioC cliffle@hachyderm.io

                  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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                  #34

                  @cliffle it’s interesting how clueless you are …

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                  • maya_b@hachyderm.ioM maya_b@hachyderm.io

                    @antopatriarca

                    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.

                    @cliffle

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                    #35

                    @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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                    • cliffle@hachyderm.ioC cliffle@hachyderm.io

                      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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                      #36

                      @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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                      • cliffle@hachyderm.ioC cliffle@hachyderm.io

                        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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                        #37

                        @cliffle Executive orders are not laws.

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                        • cliffle@hachyderm.ioC cliffle@hachyderm.io

                          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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                          #38

                          @cliffle

                          Just following orders like a good sycophant would...

                          Remember 1945...

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                          • divverent@social.vivaldi.netD divverent@social.vivaldi.net

                            @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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                            #39

                            @divVerent @antopatriarca @maya_b @cliffle Same for Poland.

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                            • cliffle@hachyderm.ioC cliffle@hachyderm.io

                              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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                              #40

                              @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.

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                              • hasani@my-spaces.socialH hasani@my-spaces.social

                                @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.

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                                #41

                                @hasani @cliffle a very big part, of the Pentagon's JWCC, with a race to launch the Startgate by 2028.

                                https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/pentagon-splits-9-billion-cloud-computer-network-contract-between-4-firms

                                #JWCC #Stargate #DataCenters #Pentagon

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