Google Maps accused of deleting Palestine – but the truth is more complicated
by Elena Cresci from Technology | The Guardian on (#1Q1WP)
Condemnation leads to outrage about Google 'removing' country from map - but the country has never been labelled on the mapping service
Google has been accused of deleting Palestine from Google Maps - but the truth is, it was never labelled by Google in the first place.
When searching for Palestine on Google Maps, it shows an outline, but with no label for Palestine and Israel labelled alongside it. While 136 members of the United Nations recognise Palestine as an independent state, the US and much of the west does not.
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