Google redraws the borders on maps depending on who’s looking (2020)

Re:Google redraws the borders on maps depending on who’s loo... by mcculley on Saturday September 09, 2023 @01:58PM (#37448205)

Indeed. Corporations whose shareholders expect them to extract profits from all countries have to accept that they cannot be politically neutral. They must put profit ahead of principle.

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Re:Google redraws the borders on maps depending on who’s loo... by josephg on Saturday September 09, 2023 @06:27PM (#37450917)

Profits ahead of what principle?

It’s not virtuous to be neutral. Are you neutral on free speech? What does that even mean? Are you “neutral” on the oppression of women or lgbt people? On women in the workforce? On respect for the elderly?

Values are like accents. Only people who haven’t travelled can convince themselves that they don’t have an accent - or that their value system is somehow globally “neutral”.

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Re:Google redraws the borders on maps depending on who’s loo... by mcculley on Saturday September 09, 2023 @08:26PM (#37451709)

I never suggested neutrality. Quite the opposite.

Yes, those of us who have traveled are quite aware that it would make sense to provide an option in the UI to show something other than what the local government wants us to see.

My point remains. Google has no other option. They obey the jurisdictions from which they derive profits.

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