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Google Maps renames “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” even faster than US government
(arstechnica.com)
this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2026
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Assuming they changed anything about their ideals and didn't just think "hey does having this here reduce suspicion as intended or raise it when it begs the question of how a tech company could even be evil when they aren't named 'Microsoft'?"