Bing, too, follows local laws that could otherwise get people arrested. At some point they didn't even show the Kashmir border as disputed: https://splinternews.com/how-airbnb-google-and-microsoft-vie...

The whole situation, managing border depictions worldwide, is a rathole. You just can't win.

> You just can't win.

This, in a nutshell. Some border disputes are straightforward, and choosing one depiction over the other could be considered ethically better than choosing the other depiction. Other disputes are intractable without just displaying based on the worldview of the viewer.

By picking a side, you can't do any business in a country, often. By showing the worldview (or legally mandated worldview) of the viewer, you abide by local law and don't have to worry about your employees being arrested.

Pick your fights and your venues wisely. :)

In Russia, Bing shows Crimea as Russia. When I'm using it with VPN terminated in UK, it shows it as Ukraine.

I'm pretty sure you can be jailed for not including certain areas in a country's map. Right or wrong, UN recognition or not, your team in that country might be charged with treason.

"a country" ? which country is that ...

You actually made me search, when these things are obvious. Here's one, since that's all I "owe" you:

7-year jail, Rs 100 crore fine soon for showing PoK, Arunachal as disputed

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-natio...

Edit to add another one:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3ddmzv/if-youre-a-foreign...

According to Sohu, China's surveying administration investigated and handled nearly 40 cases of "foreign illegal surveying and mapping" since 2006. An amendment proposed last year to the national law on surveying would impose fines and jail time for makers of maps that “fail to demonstrate China’s complete territory.”

Google Earth shows some disputed borders in red.