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google is not and never was your friend, it is a dictator tool: Degoogle (i.redd.it)

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[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 39 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

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 18 points 20 hours ago

Submit a correction. Many people should.

[–] eatyourglory@feddit.it 8 points 20 hours 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 20 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 0 points 19 hours ago

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