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Re:Google redraws the borders on maps depending on who’s loo... by mistrial9 on Saturday September 09, 2023 @11:53AM (#37446783)
> Nobody cares where Google thinks the borders are

there was a documented instance of a military action in Columbia-region IIR that allegedly relied on Google Maps. It is easy to see misinformation, but also easy to see actually low-literacy armed people doing something aggressive Once Again, relying on something that is easy to use.

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Re:Google redraws the borders on maps depending on who’s loo... by gretch on Saturday September 09, 2023 @04:11PM (#37449786)
What I see is a warmongering administration that wanted to go to war and was going to pick any reason to do so. Yes Google was the convenient excuse, but if Google didn’t do that, they would have found the next excuse.

Let’s look at the Russia situation now. Google didn’t draw Ukraine as part of Russia. And yet Putin found some reasons anyway.

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