Google recycled us like China, “sensitive country” like Russia

GoogleMonday Map Divisions named USA “sensitive countries”, a reserve designation for states with strict governments and boundaries. CNBC has learned.

After the new classification of the US came President Donald Trump He said his administration Name changes Official maps and federal communications. These changes are the name of the Mexican Gulf “American Gulf” Mount McKinley.

The request to name Google as “non-sensitive” countries was Monday, according to the internal correspondences seen by CNBC. That’s the company when advertise The name of the body of the water would change between Yucatan and Florida Peninsles “after the official” Google Maps Administrations “of the American Gulf”.

The US decision to raise the list of their sensitive countries, shows the challenges facing technology in the second Trump while trying to navigate the early days of the presidency. Since the beginning of the year, MetaTiktok, Gym And others have adapted their products and policies to reflect political views, policies and corrective views of Trump.

Trump had a rocky relationship with Silicon Valley with his first presidency and he did not embarrass the sector from criticizing his 2024 campaign. Recently, technology directors, including Google CEO Sunar Pichai They got narrower links With Trump, there were several inauguration behind the President.

Google’s lists of sensitive countries include China, Russia, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, among others. The label is also used in countries with “unique geometry or labeling”, according to the internal correspondence of CNBC.

The US and Mexico are new add-ons.

The “sensitive” classification is a technical configuration that indicates that some labels in a particular country indicates that a company said, CNBC.

No clear Google claims US claim beyond “Geo” division.

With more than 2 trillion monthly usersGoogle Maps is the world top Navigation application.

Maps Some classification members have urgently needed to make changes to the location and “sensitive” “sensitive” in the location according to the internal correspondences. Changes were given a strange order “P0”, which was the highest level of priority and the staff would immediately notify them and ordered what they were doing there.

Google’s request says that the American gulf should be similar to the Persian gulf change in the Arabic countries, as it appears on the Arabian maps of the Arab countries.

“We’ve received some questions about Google Maps,” the company said X post. “We have long-time practice to apply changes when updated in the sources of governmental sources.”

Google has added that the name of the Gulf of Mexico will appear for users in Mexico. Users from other countries will see both names, the company said.

When the Obama Administration changed McKinley Mount Alaska in August 2015, Google updated maps To reflect the renaming name, a Google spokesman said to CNBC.

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