Google faces Mexican lawsuit over controversial ‘Gulf of America’ label

Mexico has initiated legal proceedings against Google after the technology company altered the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” on its mapping service for users in the United States,reported The Guardian. President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Friday that the lawsuit has already been lodged, although she did not specify the jurisdiction or the precise date of filing.

According to the publication, the dispute follows a recent decision by Republicans in the US House of Representatives to enshrine a renaming of the Gulf into federal statute, a measure championed by Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.