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[-] Xatolos@reddthat.com 34 points 2 months 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.

[-] nexguy@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Submit a correction. Many people should.

[-] eatyourglory@feddit.it 7 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] digdilem@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Nor am I, but what's that got to do with it?

[-] Xatolos@reddthat.com 7 points 2 months ago

The renaming isn't internationally recognised, so shouldn't be shown internationally.

[-] smeenz@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 months ago

There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of place names that are not internationally recognised around the world.

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