Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop...
by abeppu on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @02:27AM
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You've said that stuff which isn't constitutionally protected _can_ be regulated, but the question posed was _are_ maps regulated. Are they? What legal obligation to accuracy or comprehensiveness are map-makers bound by?
And are maps constitutionally protected? If political donations are speech then maps certainly seem like speech.
Yes, you absolutely could lobby for someone to write a law requiring Google to respond to nuisance requests from their navigation services. That is basically what DMCA does, after all.
Hypothetical example law: OK, you have a good-faith presumption up until someone emails you a copy of a deed and proves it's their driveway, then you legally need to correct it within X days or penalties start to rack up.