Mexico sues Google for renaming Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America

What just happened? Google is being sued by Mexico over the tech giant's relabeling of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America for US Maps users, despite repeated requests from the country to revert the change. Google made the update in February following President Trump's proclamation that decreed the renaming and the subsequent name change by the federal Board on Geographic Names.

Trump signed the executive order changing the name of the body of water on his first day in office in January.

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote a letter to Google soon after asking it to reconsider its decision to show the change on Google Maps. She shared a reply from Google VP of government affairs and public policy Cris Turner stating the company had no plans to change its policy. A month later, Sheinbaum threatened to take Google to court if it didn ...