Feb 14, 2025 10:31:00

Google Maps has stopped allowing new reviews after changing the name from 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America'

Following the announcement by the U.S. Department of the Interior that the Gulf of Mexico would be renamed the Gulf of America, Google Maps will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in February 2025. However, the renaming of the Gulf of America has caused controversy, with

the Mexican president protesting , and Google has disabled new reviews for the Gulf of America on Google Maps.

Google Maps Won't Let You Leave Negative Reviews on the Gulf of America
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On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump, who became the President of the United States, signed an executive order to rename several place names on the day of his inauguration. One of these was to rename the 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America'. Google has stated its policy of 'applying name changes when there is a change in the official name,' and has announced that it will change the name of the 'Gulf of Mexico' in line with the update of the government-provided Geographical Name Information System (GNIS). Following

the renaming of 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America' in GNIS, the notation on Google Maps was also changed to 'Gulf of America'.

Google Maps changes name to 'Gulf of America', but continues to use 'Gulf of Mexico' in Mexico - GIGAZINE

However, the renaming has received a lot of negative feedback, and there have been threads on the bulletin board site Reddit saying, 'If we leave a negative review, Google will do something about it.'

In response to this, Google has disabled new reviews for 'American Bay' on Google Maps. If you check Google Maps, you will see the message 'Posting is currently disabled' in the reviews section.

If you click 'More details,' you'll see the following explanation: 'Depending on the type of business or location, posts (such as reviews) that violate Google policies are more likely to be posted. To prevent the proliferation of content that violates our policies, posts have been disabled.'

'Google wants something from President Trump, and it seems they're willing to sell their intelligence, their integrity, and us, their users, to get it,' one Reddit user wrote. 'If Google caves in, it's all over.'