Google faced blowback on social media Monday after it announced it would comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order on its Google Maps service, renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” and reverting to referring to Alaska’s Denali as Mount McKinley.

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Google Maps will soon show the "Gulf of Mexico" as the "Gulf of America" for users within the United States. The change follows a recent executive order by US President Donald Trump, with Google confirming the update on Monday.

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Google Maps renames the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, stoking criticism over the controversial change tied to U.S. government policy.

Users began sharing screenshots on X/Twitter about the apparent anomaly while conducting a cursory search on the Sundar Pichai-led tech giant’s search engine. “ Google has deleted Joe Biden for real ,” netizens alleged.

Google announced that the "Gulf of Mexico" will be renamed to "Gulf of America" on Maps for US users, following an executive order issued by President Trump. This change, which applies to several American landmarks, will take effect once the name update is reflected in the federal mapping database.

Google Maps will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley to Mount Denali following President Trump's executive order last week. When the name change takes effect, people in the US will see the updated names, whereas the rest of the world should see both names.

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