This is a great example of how right people are to have a low opinion of news organizations over the rage- and clickbait that even ostensibly respectable ones are willing to traffic in for engagement. The entire basis for this article seems to be these four statements that Google posted on Twitter:<p>> We’ve received a few questions about naming within Google Maps. We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.<p>> For geographic features in the U.S., this is when Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is updated. <<a href="https://www.usgs.gov/tools/geographic-names-information-system-gnis" rel="nofollow">https://www.usgs.gov/tools/geographic-names-information-syst...</a>><p>> When that happens, we will update Google Maps in the U.S. quickly to show Mount McKinley and Gulf of America.<p>> Also longstanding practice: When official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name. Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. That applies here too.<p><<a href="https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1884012692048166951.html" rel="nofollow">https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1884012692048166951.html</a>><p>(Side note: you know how I know this? Not because the esteemed folks behind this piece linked to their sources, as would be reasonable, given the affordances of the medium. I had to take the fragments mentioned in the article and track it down myself.)<p>Please:<p>1. Flag this article<p>2. Stop rewarding the professional writers, editors, and news organizations and other shameless sacks of shit who turn out/receive outrage pieces like this and say, "Yeah, we're fine with this"<p>3. Stop submitting this kind of dogshit here