Google Maps blocked America’s review after changing the name of criticism
Technology reporter
Getty imagesGoogle Maps has blocked the reviews for the Gulf of Mexico, following its decision to label the “Gulf of America” for users in the US.
Tech veteran Updated place name on Wednesday President Donald Trump ordered the replacement of it into official government documents.
In Google Maps, clicking on the label for the Gulf is now a note, stating that “the posting is currently closed”.
Google has also removed some negative reviews remaining in view of their name change.
The BBC has asked the company to comment.
“Some types of places are more likely to receive posts, such as reviews, which violate Google policies,” the label added to the Gulf Result States.
“To stop this, Google has stopped the posting.”
The most recent review left For location results on google map Now appears to be a month ago.
There are some users Claiming on social media They have been removed by negative reviews to object to change, and Google is accused of “censorship”.
The so-called “review-bombings” have become a popular form of online protest against companies or businesses that appear in Google search or map results.
In December, Google Removed derogatory review In a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania, where Luigi Mangione – 26 -year -old accused of killing United Healthcare Boss Brian Thompson – was arrested.
A strategy has also been deployed to manipulate the rating of the app at the mobile marketplace.
In 2020, people used it to criticize President Trump’s then proposal, which to ban Tiktok – Except for hundreds of important reviews allegedly Apple’s app on his re -election campaign app on App Store.
It was used by gamestop traders to hit back to Robinhood such as stock-trading apps, which introduced trading sanctions Distressed between 2021 market,
Google They say Action takes action to prevent misuse of its review mechanisms using automatic methods to detect the “unusual pattern” of activity – such as a place or business there is a sudden spike in a star review.
It adds that action may involve temporarily disabled to contribute to the listing or remove “policy-ulleanghan material” to prevent their equipment or misuse of fake reviews.
Forbes Informed On Thursday that the company criticized the naming on the map of the Gulf location and “accepted” to remove the reviews.
The BBC has asked Google to confirm if he has removed them.
This comes after Google said in one blog post On Monday that American users will see the “Gulf of America”, replacing Mexico’s Gulf on Maps.
It said that it follows a “long policy” to reflect the updated name changes in the sources of the official US government.
Google said the name would remain unchanged in Mexico and “Gulf of America” will be added next to its current name to the rest of the world, said Google.
Mexico President Claudia Shinbaum Wrote a letter to the company In a letter in late January, he is not asking them to change the name of the Gulf.
Meanwhile, Apple has also changed the name for US users of its own Maps app.
The White House on Wednesday exposed it in a post on X (East Twitter) – with an image of apple map Display “Gulf of America” instead of Mexico’s Gulf,
Big tech firms and their main officials have been accused of trying to “give” the Trump administration through controversial policy changes.
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